decided he had enough of this. “While attending a special performance of the comedy‚ ‘Our American Cousin‚’ President Abraham Lincoln was shot‚” (Government) leading the nation on a 12 day manhunt that would change the course of American History. John Wilkes Booth had learned of Lincoln’s plan to attend “Our American Cousin‚” and came up with a plan to murder President Abraham Lincoln‚ Vice President Andrew Johnson‚ and Secretary of State
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Abraham Lincoln is perhaps the most well-known president of the United States. He is one of the most controversial and hated presidents at the time of his presidency‚ but greatly admired by people today. He was a wonderful speaker and used many different tactics to get his point across efficiently. The first thing he says in his Second Inaugural Address was “at this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office.” This appeals to ethos by making the audience trust him because you
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Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg‚ Abraham Lincoln delivers an farewell speech to the brave soldiers who was willing to give away their lives for America. Lincoln’s purpose was to emphasize to the audience about liberty‚ freedom‚ and equality within the new nation. He adopts the speech in a solemn and hopeful tone to present to the audience how he felt about the soldiers who commit their lives for America. Through the use of repetition‚ and parallel structure Lincoln illustrates the importance
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Abraham Lincoln: Sectional President as Preserver of the Union Before Lincoln became president‚ there was already much sectional tension between the North and the South‚ mostly over slavery. While slavery was illegal in most Northern states‚ it was still the basis of the South’s economy. The main issue was over slavery in the new territories gained through compromises and the Mexican war. At first‚ the Missouri Compromise temporarily solved the problem‚ by making it so that in every territory
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Historians have traditionally regarded the series of seven debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois state election campaign as among the most significant statements in American political history. Douglas‚ the North’s most prominent Democratic leader‚ faced against Lincoln who represented the Republican. Douglas was seeking reelection to a third term in the U.S. Senate. The debates held in seven Illinois towns and attended by tens of thousands of listeners.
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In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ Lincoln faces a deeply divided nation in midst of a civil war. Lincoln hopes to mend fences by making a moving speech using inclusive and optimistic diction ‚parallelism‚ appeal to Common Christian‚ and substantial amount of balanced syntax. Lincoln’s optimistic diction invokes a sense of unity and establishes common ground for both‚ North and South‚ to find a compromise. Instead of using "the South" and "the North"‚ Lincoln always uses “all” to connect
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Since late 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln had already made plans for the Reconstruction and getting the South back into the Union. With the South in disarray and tensions growing against the North‚ Lincoln knew how to handle the situation. However before the war even ended‚ in 1865 he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth‚ a loyal Southerner. With the South in cheers for his death‚ they fail to realize that he was their only hope for a better Reconstruction. If he had lived‚ he would had been so
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Quiz Questions—Workbook Quiz 3‚ Fall 2013 Four of the following will appear on the third primary documents quiz. 1. One writer maintains that slaves in the South are the “happiest” and “freest” people in the world and workers in the North are not. How this is so? 2. For O’Sullivan‚ how would California benefit once separated from Mexico? 3. According to Angelina Grimke‚ what could women do to contribute to the abolition of slavery? Women played a vital role in
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The Advent of emancipation added the number of free Americans by a great deal. This transformation of status weakened the south‚ strengthening the North. The slaves in the south were a possible force in aiding the Confederates against the North‚ which would have been a grand blow to the Union government. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was a genius step of weakening south‚ economically‚ socially and force wise. The European colonists and slave masters who completely depended on slave labor and
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Victor’s part Vice President Hannibal Hamlin 1861-1865 First VP from Republican Party Considered worthless Only picked because the Republicans needed an East Coast politician to increase their influence Complained that he was ignored by everyone in Washington Andrew Johnson 1865 Drunk during Inauguration speech Would be assassin was drunk instead of completing the job Lincoln death thought to be a conspiracy Much hated president by the North Secretary of State William H. Seward
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