Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost a child while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both Presidents were shot in the head. Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln is arguably one of the most influential presidents that our nation has had to this day. He fought to abolish slavery through the beginning phases of the Emancipation Proclamation‚ and attempted to unify our country once again. Though Lincoln accomplished an incredible amount in office and played a vital part in how America functions today‚ it was his assassination that truly changed America forever. In the book‚ Killing Lincoln written by Bill O’ Reilly and Martin Dugard‚ these co-authors
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Abraham Lincoln and Slavery Andrew Martin 11-17-2012 Abraham Lincoln‚ the sixteenth president of the United States of America‚ was a virtuous man who wanted only good for his country. There have been many opposing views on his presidency‚ some saying he was not fit and others saying he was one of the greatest. These are just opinions‚ and as everyone thinks differently from everyone else‚ there has and will always be opposing views. One thing that cannot be disputed
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This is the very foundation of Democracy within the United States and was defined by Abraham Lincoln as “government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people”. Throughout his presidency Lincoln never wavered in adherence to the principles he firmly believed in though he adapted and changed policies in the face of changing circumstances and experience to obtain his goals. It can truly be said that Lincoln was directly responsible for the maintenance of the Union of the States which he passionately
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Paper 8- Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus Founding father Benjamin Franklin famously said "Those who would give up Essential Liberty‚ to purchase a little temporary Safety‚ deserve neither Liberty nor Safety and will lose both." Civil Liberties are rights and freedoms that protect an individual from the state. Civil liberties set limits on the government so that its agents cannot abuse their power and interfere unduly with the lives of private citizens. In America‚ the founding
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launched the Lewis and Clark expedition. From this expedition‚ Americans received information about the landscape‚ plants‚ and animals that lied west. Abraham Lincoln is arguably the next important president. He saw the United States through its worst crisis‚ which tested “whether that nation… can long endure”. His speech‚ the Gettysburg Address‚ redefined the Civil War as a “new birth of freedom”. He issued
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt pronounced in his inaugural address. It is a quote most of has heard many times‚ somehow most of us feel as though it applies to someone else‚ but never ourselves or our situations‚ but when it comes down to it‚ we find that it is almost always true. This is how I realized it applied to myself. I had always wanted to go back to college to become a registered nurse. No one else in my family had ever made it that far before so I
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their own sacrifices to make others feel good or for people to know they are safe. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass both fought for freedom and liberty to benefit others. For example frederick was beaten to his knees and exiled by the southerners but rose to the occasion of escaping. To me this sounds like a person that did not give up on his escape and he new the consequences of being caught. abraham lincoln rose to the occasion as well and represented and defended the people of the ‘U.S.A’
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DBQ: Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for Union and Emancipation‚ 1861-1865 Lincoln began the civil war claiming to want only to preserve the union‚ and I think that saving the union was his main goal‚ but I think even from the beginning‚ slavery played a part in the start of the war too and another one of his goals was to gradually get rid of slavery. I think as time went on‚ it started to have a bigger and bigger role in the war‚ but I don’t think the goal of ending slavery every surpassed his
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forty-four presidents throughout the course of American history‚ but only a few can be classified as a great president. Of those few historians’ rank Abraham Lincoln‚ also know as “the great Emancipator”‚ as the greatest president that ever lived. He is accredited with preserving the union‚ freeing the slaves‚ and enacting various new policies. Lincoln was a strong‚ confident president who remained steadfast in his principles. At a time of crisis he led the nation into an unpopular civil war. He
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