Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis Sunny Herren American History Mrs.Lynn 5 February 1997 In this report I compare two great historical figures: Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president‚ steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery‚ and the first and only president of the Confederate States of America‚ Jefferson Davis. Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union‚ and Jefferson Davis struggled to lead the Confederacy to independence
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Summary of "Letter to His Son" In this letter Robert E. Lee addresses the difficult decision he faces as the country approaches a war that will pit the states against each other. The most respected officer in the United States Army‚ Lee explains that despite his strong belief in the Constitution‚ and in preserving the Union‚ his strongest loyalty is to his home state of Virginia. He expresses his willingness to take up arms to defend his state. The letter illustrates Lee’s dignity‚ loyalty‚ and
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Why is the Gettysburg Address Still Relevant Today? Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th President of the United States of America‚ summed up the ideals that would go on to shape one of the most powerful nations of the world. Although President Lincoln’s speech was about ten lines‚ in which he delivered in two minutes‚ he moved not just the people who had gathered for the honoring of the soldiers who bravely gave their lives in Gettysburg while fighting for freedom‚ but also people across the globe. In ten
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vast‚ and how varied a field is agriculture‚ for such discovery. The mind‚ already trained to thought‚ in the country school‚ or higher school‚ cannot fail to find there an exhaustless source of profitable enjoyment." "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not‚ I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men‚ by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition‚ is yet to
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Abraham Lincoln did not truly believe that races were equal. At a speech in Springfield‚ Illinois‚ he openly says that in some respects‚ a black woman is “certainly not my equal” (3). Here he is focusing more on the fact that she is black rather than that she is a woman‚ but either way‚ he sees himself as more superior that her. But in respect to human rights‚ he believes that she does have her‚ for example‚ “natural right to eat bread [that] she earns with her own hands” (3). She is his equal and
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the very beginning‚ President Lincoln was faced with an insurmountable challenge. The nation he now ruled over‚ the United States of America‚ was thrust into civil conflict a mere month after his inauguration on March fourth‚ eighteen sixty-one. However‚ he handled the situation unbelievable well‚ greatly due to his acceptance of the fact of war‚ as he knew it would be the only way to eventually completely preserve the Union (Stone 44). To this day‚ Abraham Lincoln has become a lasting historical
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Abolishing Slavery: Abraham Lincoln‚ the Emancipation Proclamation‚ and the end of slavery all go hand in hand in modern day United States classrooms. Lincoln‚ a Kentucky native‚ was the great 16th president of the United States who brought freedom to black slaves throughout the country‚ forever abolishing slavery in the nation. Well‚ that’s at least what has been instilled in the young minds of children across the US. Before we can start calling Lincoln the “Great Emancipator‚” or an abolitionist
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[pic] Hay said that in this writing "Mr. Lincoln admits us into the most secret recesses of his soul .... Perplexed and afflicted beyond the power of human help‚ by the disasters of war‚ the wrangling of parties‚ and the inexorable and constraining logic of his own mind‚ he shut out the world one day‚ and tried to put into form his double sense of responsibility to human duty and Divine Power; and this was the result. It shows -- as has been said in another place -- the awful sincerity of a perfectly
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to make a change in the world. Abraham Lincoln is a true historic hero. A reason for this is that a hero should be inspiring in life and death and inspire people to do amazing things and make the right decisions. Lincoln is doing just that‚ by becoming president and being president when the country was torn apart he inspired people to be brave in any situation. Another reason is that a hero should help and defend those who can’t do it themselves. Abraham Lincoln did that by wanting to end slavery
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August 2010 SPEAKER | Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America and he help office during the Civil War. During the Civil War‚ the North and South split into two sides – the Union in the north led by president Lincoln and the Confederacy in the south led by president Davis. Originally‚ the Civil War was not an attempt by Lincoln to abolish slavery and emancipate the slaves‚ but to preserve and protect the Union‚ but later Lincoln decided that ending slavery
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