Reactions to the Lincoln Assassination Washington‚ DC‚ April 14‚ 1865‚ 10:45 p.m.‚ the President of the United States was shot with a Philadelphia Deringer pistol at Ford’s Theatre while attending the play Our American Cousin. He was carried across the street where he died early the next morning. The assassin‚ John Wilkes Booth‚ made his escape by horse and rode to the house of Doctor Mudd‚ a resident of Maryland who repaired his leg. The next day Booth was found hiding in a barn and was killed
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infamy‚ oh wait that was already used once before. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ the passing of a great President. A time rife with much mixed emotion amongst a nation divided and of great change for the American people. Lincoln brought the American nation out of a brutal civil war‚ but Confederate sympathizers of the south continued. A look at the conditions that fueled the tragic end of Abraham Lincoln and his killer. The finally scene of the Presidents last minutes painted by some
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Museum in Washington‚ D. C. The statue that best conveys the meaning of emancipation (“freeing someone from control of another”) is: Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was most important in the making of the emancipation. Many say that Abraham Lincoln did not help at all and the slaves would have been freed sooner‚ but that is not completely true. Lincoln was most important in freeing the slaves because he was a real leader and decision maker. “Lincoln’s refusal to compromise on the expansion of
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has made the "Great Emancipator" into the "Great Enslaver" while accusing him of "ethnic cleansing." According to Foner‚ "If Lincoln had had his way; there would be no Blacks in America. "Lincoln’s real purpose as president was not to free the slaves‚ but to prolong slavery until he could put a plan in place to deport all Blacks to a foreign shore. Foner writes: "[Lincoln] did everything he could to deport Blacks and to make America a Great White Place."( Pg 22) Sound strange? It is. But‚ to his
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Ellick 1/29/14 American Presidents on Film: Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809. He grew up in Kentucky‚ but later moved to Indiana with his family in 1817. At 9 years of age‚ Abraham’s mother‚ Nancy Hanks‚ died of tremetol at age 34. Devastated‚ Abraham developed issues with his father due to the amount of hard work placed on him at an early age. Shortly after his wife’s death‚ Thomas Lincoln‚ Abraham’s father‚ remarried to a woman named Sarah Bush Johnston
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN NAME: Abraham Lincoln OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist‚ Lawyer‚ U.S. President‚ U.S. Representative BIRTH DATE: February 12‚ 1809 DEATH DATE: April 15‚ 1865 PLACE OF BIRTH: Hodgenville‚ Kentucky BEST KNOWN FOR: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves. CHILDHOOD Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
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The 16 President ABRAHAM LINCOLN About Abraham Lincoln (February 12‚ 1809 – April 15‚ 1865) was the 16th President of the United States‚ serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral‚ constitutional and political crisis.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union‚ abolished slavery‚ strengthened the national government and modernized the economy When the North enthusiastically rallied
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Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born Sunday‚ February 12‚ 1809‚ near Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. He moved to New Salem‚ Illinois‚ where he lived until 1837. While there he worked at several jobs including operating a store‚ surveying‚ and serving as postmaster. He impressed the residents with his character‚ wrestled the town bully‚ and earned the nickname "Honest Abe." Lincoln. In Springfield in 1839 Lincoln met Mary Todd. Three years later they were married and over 11 years they had four children:
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Lincoln: Democratic or Autocratic “Lincoln was one of the most democratic and also one of the most autocratic of presidents.” Abraham Lincoln was a very democratic president. He believed in the Union and would do anything to keep it together after the secession of the south that followed his election as president. However‚ to regain the entirety of the Union‚ he had to make some risky decisions that may have labeled him as autocratic. The fact that he was both democratic and autocratic is
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