Reconstruction Dr Edwards September 16‚ 2011 The Lincoln Douglas Debates In 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen a Douglas embarked on a series of debates and effort to win a seat in the Senate. This time Lincoln was not very well known in the political arena in contrast to Douglas who was a lifelong political player. However‚ after the debates Lincoln vaulted into the national spotlight continuing on to eventually win the Presidential election of 1860. Lincoln had originally proposed that he and Douglas
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Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858 The main causes of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 were great in number. The first was Abraham Lincoln claiming that Douglas was encouraging fears of amalgation of the races with enough success to drive thousands of people away from the Republican Party. The second was that Stephen A. Douglas was claiming that Lincoln was an abolitionist for saying that the American Declaration of Independence applied‚ in fact‚ to both blacks and whites. The third cause was
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U.S. History -2 Lincoln. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Perf. Daniel Day-Lewis‚ Sally Field‚ Tommy Lee Jones. DreamWorks‚ 2012. DVD. In the film Lincoln‚ director Steven Spielberg puts the audience in the setting of the white house during Abraham Lincoln’s second term as president of the United States. The film focuses on the chronological sequence of President Lincoln’s second term as he strives to get the 13t amendment signed‚ freeing the slaves and ending the war. In Lincoln‚ Spielberg portrays
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Lincoln: Revolutionary or Conservative? 1 Lincoln: Revolutionary or Conservative? 2 Lincoln: Revolutionary or Conservative? Abraham Lincoln was president from 1860-1865. During this time span the Civil War began causing Lincoln to make some radical changes to the nation. Although the Emancipation Proclamation freed virtually no slaves‚ Abraham Lincoln was a revolutionary because it gave the Union a reason to fight and the slaves a reason to resist‚ allowed Lincoln to show he still had
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Without a doubt‚ Abraham Lincoln is one of the most celebrated president in American history. Like George Washington and all the presidents before him. Lincoln is deeply respected as a man of rare ability. Lincoln shaped the united states in his own image. Lincoln benefited all of the Americans who followed in his wake. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most celebrated in president in America because of his military strategy’s. He derived his ideas primarily from his generals‚ also from his prescient
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The book Abraham Lincoln‚ written by James M. McPherson‚ constitutes not only Abraham Lincoln’s life‚ but also his remarkable presidency. Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. He also was considered a peacemaker because his passion was to follow God’s law and create every man to be equal. During Lincoln’s first term of presidency in 1860-1864‚ he followed his passion by abolishing slavery‚ otherwise known as the Thirteenth Amendment. Following his first term‚ his second
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Abraham Lincoln was the man who had eyes for the future. He had remarkable hopes‚ dreams and goals he wished to accomplish for his country. He was a member of the union and was working towards freeing the slaves‚ and crushing the confederacy. Most of the country supported him and his goals. Yet there were still a few states that supported slavery and wanted Lincoln dead. Confederates were worries that Lincoln would take away their rights. However the confederates did not see that Lincoln was made
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Abraham Lincoln and Slavery What did Abraham Lincoln do and think regarding slavery during the Civil War? In Abraham’s First Inaugural Address he states "I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that I have no purpose‚ directly or indirectly‚ to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so‚ and I have no inclination to do so."" (Pg 53-54) Lincoln did not want the South to be afraid of his Republican Presidency
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Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln Date of Birth: Born on February 12 1809 Place of Birth : Kentucky. Parents: Father: Thomas Lincoln Mother: Nancy Hanks Background : Grandfather was Samuel Lincoln who originated from from Hingham‚ England to Massachusetts in 1637. 1809 February 12: Abraham Lincoln is born in Nolin Creek in Kentucky. 1819 December 2: Thomas Lincoln marries a widow‚ Sarah Bush Johnston who becomes stepmother to Abraham Lincoln 1831 Abe settles in
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Abraham Lincoln created a legend through his struggles to overcome his humble beginnings and achieving a revered name in history. Raised to "farm work‚" Lincoln still somehow built his image up‚ and became President of the United States. He exemplified the American idea of self-made man. Although he left behind a lasting influence on American politics and set many precedents for the future‚ he was nonetheless flawed. His humanness‚ reflected in what are believed to be contradictions‚ cannot be denied
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