I read the Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address”. The starter Questions are How do you think people in that original audience reacted to the speech? I think the audience think positive effective of the speech‚ because he is the glory of the victory to the dead soldiers. The next question is‚ What makes this an iconic and historical speech? This speech is after finish the civil war. He speaking the speech in the National cemetery. I think the iconic is dead soldiers from during the civil war‚ because
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Abraham Lincoln was always into politics. When he was young‚ he worried about the nations’ problems. When he entered politics when there was two major parties the Whigs and Democrats. The Democrats usually ruled the Congress‚ presidency‚ and many state offices. The Whig party‚ on the other hand‚ had championed banks‚ businesses‚ and corporations. They believed in a strong federal government and limited state rights. The Whig party was not antislavery party. Abraham choose the Whig in his sentence
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leader. Previous presidents worked to shape the nation into what it is today. While most contributed positively‚ some could be praised more than others. Abraham Lincoln was a much stronger president than George Washington and Thomas Jefferson because he helped America survive‚ had a unique leadership style‚ and abolished slavery. Abraham Lincoln was a stronger President because he kept America alive through many challenges. Lincoln was in term during the Civil War‚ a time of disunity and pain
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L.B. U.S. History 1 H 4B 11 April 2013 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination The sixteenth President of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ was assassinated on April 14‚ 1865. This period of time in American history will forever be marked by his tragic death. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth‚ a Confederate sympathizer at Ford’s Theater. Booth‚ along with Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt planned to bring chaos among the federal government and have the Confederacy step in to overthrow them (Boardman
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From the events leading up to his presidential election until the emancipation of slaves‚ Abraham Lincoln’s political viewpoints on slavery were always changing. However‚ his feelings about the actual slaves and blacks living in America remained the same. Lincoln had always been opposed to the idea of slavery‚ calling it a “monstrous injustice” (Lincoln 16) and “morally wrong”(Johnson 39). He recognized slavery as a severe issue in our country‚ yet later on in his presidency felt it was essential
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Abraham Lincoln’s assassination caused national grief‚ mourning‚ and chaos in a still divided nation. His death left a void in leadership‚ leaving those left behind to the task of reconstruction. A fatal act carried out by John Wilkes Booth‚ in an attempt to restructure the Confederacy‚ forever changed history. It divided the North and South even further‚ before eventually bringing them back together. The assassination put an uneducated‚ former slave owner in the White House as President. And‚ it
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The Hierarchy of Needs Theory by Abraham Maslow (1943‚ 1954) In the demanding world of business‚ motivation of the employers as well as of employees play a tremendous role (McKay‚ “Importance of Motivation and Goal Setting for Businesses”). Unfortunately‚ theories about human motivation and what drives the employers and their employees to be motivated have not been studied until only recently. This paper will cover the Hierarchy of Needs Theory which analyzes the driving factors of human motivation
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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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The data referred to in this section are part of the Educational Context set out in the "Institutional Educational Project PEI" of the Abraham Lincoln College of Villavicencio and updates taken from the page "Mayoralty of Villavicencio‚ general information" and are used by the author of this project To contextualize this exercise in preparation. Villavicencio‚ host city of this investigative work‚ has more than 500‚000 inhabitants‚ people coming from all corners of the country and has regular
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this day‚ and leaders throughout history have been influenced by the writing. At one point in The Prince‚ Machiavelli wrote that common people can be satisfied easily‚ as all they desire is not to be oppressed. Following in the words of Machiavelli‚ Abraham Lincoln desired nothing more than to avoid oppressing anybody when he gained power. Lincoln‚ a man of extreme empathy and kindness‚ was such an effective leader due to these potent capabilities of his. Several of Lincoln’s characteristics led him
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