Following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860‚ citizens in the Northern and Southern states faced a decision. Will you join the Union‚ whose goal is to unify the country‚ or the Confederacy‚ which seeks to establish its nation apart from the United States? With everything that comes with selecting either side for the ever-changing future‚ I have chosen to give my life to the Union’s cause. The war was near and after the election‚ it was closer than what we may have deemed it to be. South
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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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Prologue They had overrun the White House in two days and the world in four. They should have listened. They should have listened. If only they had listened. Potato Bob Jones was an average American man‚ fat and bald. He lived in New York. He was very lonely even though he was relatively old‚ forty-two brand new. Bob was very socially awkward. Everyone thought he was crazy. He would always ramble on about a secret race of potatoes. He also didn’t bother to socialize. He was morbidly obese‚ he was
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Abraham Lincoln is known as "The Great Emancipator" who freed the slaves. Yet in the early part of his career and even in the early stages of his presidency‚ Lincoln had no objection to slavery where it already existed‚ namely‚ in the Southern states. As a savvy politician‚ he always wanted to maintain the union‚ and he would use any device to keep the country together. However‚ his views on slavery evolved during his presidency‚ and the personal opposition towards slavery that he claimed he always
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Abraham Lincoln‚ our 16th president is considered to have been a remarkable great overall man. Coming from a humble background‚ Lincoln was no stranger to honesty and integrity. He was a well-respected man who took pride in his work. His election of November
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Abraham Lincoln was a Republican president nominated in the year of 1860. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st 1863 and it forever freed the slaves within the Confederacy. (2) Martin Luther King Jr. became one of the most outstanding black leaders in the United States. He awakened the whites and the blackes protest racial discrimination. (5) Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. both made huge differences in their lifetime. They accomplished so many things and made the world
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