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    The Real Lincoln

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    Rosenthal 1 Ben Rosenthal Professor Harling History 132 22 October 2008 Critique on The Real Lincoln “The Real Lincoln contains undeniable evidence that a more appropriate title for Abraham Lincoln is not the Great Emancipator‚ but the Great Centralizer.” - Walter E. Williams. This is the book that made it happen: the nationwide revision concerning the man who they tried to tell us was a great liberator. Dictator and slayer of liberty is more like it. Lincoln was not the godlike figure of myth

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    The Real Lincoln

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    The Real Lincoln The biography The Real Lincoln by Thomas DiLorenzo gives readers a whole new perspective about Lincoln that they never had before. His meticulous research‚ passionate imagery‚ and skillful writing techniques‚ all are able to bring knowledge to the reader’s minds about our sixteenth president that we were never aware of before. Lincoln was always affiliated with the topics of equality‚ ending slavery‚ social fairness‚ and much alike‚ but the quotes stated by politician/president

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    Matthew Sadlow Critique of “The Real Lincoln” 10 /24/14 In the second chapter of The Real Lincoln‚ author Lorenzo brings up many facts about Lincoln that I had not previously been aware of. Throughout the chapter he addresses Lincoln’s outlook on slavery. In a debate with Senator Stephen Douglas‚ Lincoln admits that he had no intentions of freeing the slaves. Lincoln says “I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between white and black races. There is a physical difference

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    The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln‚ His Agenda‚ and an Unnecessary War‚ gives another side of Lincoln and his time as president of the United States. The main purpose of this book is to examine myths that have been created by “Lincoln Scholars” and to hopefully expose the truth about the important events that went on during Lincoln’s time in office. (2) Thomas J. DiLorenzo wrote a total of eleven books and has also been published in national publications such as the Wall Street Journal

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    In Thomas J. DiLorenzo’s Book‚ The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln‚ His Agenda‚ and an Unnecessary War‚ is about Abraham Lincoln’s life‚ and how there are myths that surround his life."The Real Lincoln contains irrefutable evidence that a more appropriate title for Abraham Lincoln is not the Great Emancipator‚ but the Great Centralizer" (xiii). The author show what really happens when Lincoln took command‚ and the events that came to pass soon after. "More than 16‚000 books have been

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    lincoln

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    Lincoln The film Lincoln was directed by Steven Spielberg‚ it mainly covers the last four months that Lincoln was in office before his assassination. It’s main focus was on the Lincoln trying to pass the 13th amendment‚ which abolished slavery. The plot of the story is set in January 1865‚ centered around Abraham Lincoln ‚ who is played by Daniel Day Lewis. The president has just started his second term and the war is coming to an end. The film opens with a brief flashback

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    Lincoln

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    there can be no doubt but that Lincoln would have fared poorly. Not much more could have been said for him even a year later‚ when Lincoln thought that he would lose his bid for reelection. It would take Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse and his own death a week later to propel Lincoln into the pantheon of presidential greatness. And Lincoln’s canonization began almost immediately. Within days of his death‚ his life was being compared to Jesus Christ. Lincoln was portrayed to a worshipping

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    Lincoln

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    Secession was a clearly a big issue certainly around the times of Lincoln’s presidency. Desperation to keep the Union together was cautiously argued by Lincoln in his first Inaugural speech‚ delivered on March 4th‚ 1861. President Lincoln was clearly against the idea of secession by any State. Many events occurred between the years of 1850 -1861. Two presidents were elected‚ President Franklin Pierce(1853-1857) and James Buchanan(1857-1861). The compromise of 1850 was created‚ which consists of

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    Abraham Lincoln

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    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 slavery or on Fort Sumter proved

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    Lincoln Electric

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    Discussion questions: 1. Which ten features of Lincoln Electric’s human resources and compensation policy do you find most noteworthy? I. Piecework has a fixed price and cannot be changed unless a new method of producing the item is established. II. Separate ‘Time Study’ department that sets the price awarded for piecework and the ability for employees to appeal prices etc. III. Additional yearly bonus

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