On March 4‚ 1861‚ Abraham Lincoln took an oath to “preserve‚ protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Although he presided over arguably the most dire crisis our nation has faced in its history‚ he was careful to act within the bounds set forth by that document as he viewed them. Long before he ascended to the presidency‚ Lincoln explained‚ “that‚ although bad laws‚ if they exist‚ should be repealed as soon as possible‚ still while they continue in force‚ for the sake of example
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The coming of the railroads‚ especially after 1850‚ made travel easier and practice more remunerative. Lincoln served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad‚ assisting it in getting a charter from the state‚ and thereafter he was retained as a regular attorney for that railroad. After successfully defending the company against the efforts of McLean county to tax its property‚ he received the largest single fee of his legal career—$5‚000. (He had to sue the Illinois Central in order to collect
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Abe Lincoln Abraham Lincoln had many accomplishments throughout his life and during the civil war. One of those was his role in preserving the union and protecting it from confederate rule .He endured great pressure during the war but was brave and persevered. He also signed the emancipation proclamation which freed many slaves. But He made sure that all slaves would be freed by making the 13th amendment. He also made himself a role model for future citizens. And as his nickname Honest Abe was
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surrendered to Grant on the steps of the Appomattox Court House‚ a Confederate sympathizer by the name of John Wilkes Booth would change the course of U.S history for eternity. John Wilkes Booth fired one bullet and killed the sitting president‚ Abraham Lincoln; a much believed man and who would be dubbed the nickname "The Great Emancipator".1 Americans who heard that president Lincoln was shot and killed were in dismay about the loss of their leader and began to question on who would lead the U
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The prodigious 16th President of the United States of America‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ once said “I am not bound to win‚ but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed‚ but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right‚ and stand with him while he is right‚ and part with him when he goes wrong.” (Lincoln) Such insight can be firmly applied to the dialogue Apology by Plato‚ in which Socrates offers his argument that he should be penalized by being fed at the
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But right as I; the actor of John Wilkes Booth pointed the .44 caliber pistol at Griffin; the actor of Abraham Lincoln‚ it went awry. When I pulled the trigger it shot a real bullet into the back of Griffin’s head. Now all you could hear was silence like a dead heartbeat. Silence‚ the shrieking of the soul. Silence‚ where you could even hear a pen
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COLLAPSE Lincoln decided to issue the Proclamation at this particular time because he wanted to stop the European powers from officially acknowledging the Confederacy. He issues it at this time so it wouldnt look like an desperate act‚ it was a good time‚ after victoryHe claimed to to steer away from slavery. I believe this was a great step to some what abolish slavery‚ but again slaves always got the short end of the stick‚ basically it was a setup and then they are always allowed to do something
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There have been 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
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8010886 "So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."-Baha’u’llah. In his Second Inaugural Address‚ Abraham Lincoln sincerely suggests that all humans are more similar than assumed in order to reveal the causes of the Civil War and to italicize the fact that the nation should unite as one. The similarities of the North and South caused the war. Although both parties "deprecated" and "dreaded" war‚ one side "accepted" war while the other "made" war. Lincoln’s use of
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than doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase. To explore the new land‚ he 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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