history. Depending on who is interpreting an event in history‚ there can be many angles and approaches taken to a single event or person. This notion of biases in interpretation depending on the storyteller is evident in the different elucidations of Abraham Lincoln’s life by authors Joshua Shenk and Doris Goodwin. Primary sources are only used as a guidance tool in helping decipher events or people in time. Authors or historians such as Shenk and Goodwin utilize the same primary source documents of letters
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America‚ serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Although he served over one hundred years ago‚ he is still remembered as one of the greatest Presidents of the United States. He is most remembered for keeping our country together during the Civil War and for signing the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln set a great example for Americans through his integrity‚ hard work‚ and faith in God. Lincoln was always a man of
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Abraham Lincoln challenged congress and believed that all humans were born with natural rights. He was key figure in ending slavery and making all races equal. One of the most important things he did as president was abolish slavery with the emancipation proclamation. He was influential in changing the racial and political outlook on Americans and life for Americans. Abraham Lincoln had a rough start in life‚ but he made the most of his circumstances and grew up to be regarded as one of the greatest
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Killing Lincoln By TJ Epps “Killing Lincoln” is a historical thriller written by Bill O’Reilly that explains the events prior to‚ and after the death‚ of our beloved 16th President‚ Abraham Lincoln. Bill O’Reilly first sets the stage in the last days of our great Civil War‚ which takes place in the beginning of April‚ 1865. Mr. O’Reilly takes the readers from the civil war‚ to the killing of Lincoln‚ to the pursuit of the assassins‚ to the final hour of John Wilkes Booth’s life. Knowing that
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Changes to the Lincoln Penny There are changes from small to big to the Lincoln penny. Over the years‚ there were several reasons for changes made to the Lincoln penny. This included changes in its appearance and in its make-up. According to the passage‚ the Lincoln penny had the initials of the designer‚ Victor D. Brenner on it. Americans complained the initials were too big and needed to be removed. This resulted in them removing them and later putting them back on‚ just smaller. Nowadays
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Famous Abe Abraham Lincoln‚ aka honest Abe was born February 12th 1809 in Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. He married Mary Todd Lincoln‚ and together they had four children; Robert Todd Lincoln‚ Edward “Eddie” Baker Lincoln‚ William “Willie” Wallace Lincoln and Thomas “Tad“ Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States in 1861. Leading up to Lincolns election a law was passed called the Kansas-Nebraska act‚ allowing states to vote whether they wanted to be a slave state or not
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Abraham Lincoln‚ First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa‚ Illinois‚ August 21‚ 1858 (excerpt) I hate [indifference to slavery] because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world-enables the enemies of free institutions‚ with plausibility‚ to taunt us as hypocrites-causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity‚ and especially because it forces so many really good men amongst ourselves into
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I will be comparing and contrasting the Presidential Legacies of Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson. Both Lincoln and Wilson faced troubles in their presidency. Even though the men dealt with two different wars and issues‚ Lincoln and Wilson both had to make drastic decisions that affected all of the U.S.A. Abraham Lincoln’s Domestic and International Policies were very significant to the history of our country. In 1865‚ Lincoln passed the 13th Amendment‚ which changed the course of America forever
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Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on February 12‚ 1809 in Hardin County‚ Kentucky. Much of his childhood was a struggle; his mother dying when he was just ten years old‚ and with his father being a frontiersman‚ money was scarce. He had to strive for a comfortable living‚ and he spent his days working on a farm and keeping a store. Education was also something of limited resources‚ but because of his hunger for knowledge‚ he was able to read‚ write‚ and cipher. Lincoln was elected to Congress
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downtown D.C. where President Lincoln‚ Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward are attending a play. Lewis Powell and David herald try to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward‚ but are unsuccessful and only stab him and his son. George Atzerodt was to kill the vice president but we seem George at the bar taking shots‚ not being able to carry it out and walks out of the theater. This is where we see John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln from behind about four feet
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