Some people wonder how Abraham Lincoln is so great to hold the title as the Epitome of The Common Man. Abraham Lincoln is the Epitome of the Common Man because of his past characteristics‚ use of characteristics during presidency‚ and the consequences of his characteristics. His past characteristics played a major part in him becoming the president. Without some of the great characteristics from the start he probably would not have became the 16th president. Another way he used his characteristics
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Abraham Lincoln Throughout history‚ Abraham Lincoln is considered to be a national hero. Many Americans think of him as a great president‚ but do they know why? Abraham Lincoln had many qualities that exemplified him as a great leader such as: intelligence‚ motivation‚ experience‚ and organization skills. However he has one huge quality that does not reflect well on him as a great leader and could make him be considered a terrible hero for America. One quality could stain the office of the president
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to see the injustice of the institution. Completing my part of the PIOP‚ Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation‚ enabled me to see the similarities in the beliefs of Abraham Lincoln and Huck. Both grew up in a time and place where slavery was considered acceptable and racism was ever-present. As the two grew up‚ or in Huck’s case spent time with a slave‚ their views began to gradually change. It took Lincoln a while longer to believe that slavery was morally wrong‚ but for most of his
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our 16th president Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln portrayed those traits in many ways causing him to make a great impact on the country resulting in him being the best president of America. One great characteristic that every president must represent is leadership . Abraham Lincoln showed leadership in many different ways. Being the first antislavery president had many effects on Lincoln. When
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time was Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln had entered office at a bad time. There was slavery at the time that he was elected. Half of the nation that had elected him was so mad at him for what he had done. Abraham was trying to fight for black rights‚ but the others didn’t seem to understand that. For the people who had stayed loyal‚ thought little of him personally‚ like to themselves. One day‚ Lincoln was even threatened with assassination before he had even taken office. Abraham was once
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Abraham Lincoln exercised discretionary power beyond the limits of the Constitution when he increased the size of both the army and navy in response to the Southern secession that occurred when Congress was out of session. This power is specifically prescribed to Congress in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. Thus the power to increase the size of the navy and army reside outside of the executive branch in the safe arms of the legislative branch. Abraham Lincoln also exercised
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when and where we made some big changes in the history of our nation. Abraham Lincoln our 16 president gave a speech that helped end the Civil War which some say is the greatest speech Abraham has ever delivered. Another great speaker was Henry Clay he spoke about a strong American system. We will also be looking at the early lives of these two speakers that changed history with their voice. The speech from Abraham lincoln is still known today very well it is one of the most popular speeches
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He is also one of the most famous presidents ever. He kept the country together during the Civil War. He was also assassinated shortly after the end of the war. Abraham Lincoln did not agree with the concept of slavery. He wasn’t born "The Great Emancipator‚" though. He became The Great Emancipator‚ a major part of which included signing the Emancipation Proclamation. One interesting fact‚ though‚ is that he only freed the slaves in the
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of political debates in the year 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln challenged Douglas in a campaign for one of Illinois’ two United States Senate seats. Lincoln did lose the election‚ but arguably these debates are what led him to his presidency. There are three aspects of these debates that I would like to cover here and they are the causes‚ contents‚ and results. Stephen A. Douglas was a member of Congress
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The Gettysburg Address proposed by Abraham Lincoln serves for the sole purpose of conceding and pledging to advance and execute the undertaking the servicemen in The Civil War unfortunately failed to obtain. In order for this to be accomplished‚ Lincoln conveys his speech with a blend of honor and a powerful utilization of verbage to transmit his primary ambition and both motivate and sway U.S Citizens to go forth and assemble an integrated nation. Abraham Lincoln addresses his concern with a captivating
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