Ian Albert 2/19/2013 Research Paper 1 Lincoln/Johnson Reconstruction Intentions vs. Congressional Actions The Civil War‚ which lasted up until 1865‚ was the bloodiest battle that this Nation had ever faced. Making it even sadder was the fact that this Nation was divided‚ North against South‚ and brothers were killing brothers‚ fathers killing sons. It was indeed a tough time for President Lincoln who was sworn into office in 1861. He needed to end the war and figure out a way to bring
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Lincoln Reflection Lincoln‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ is a historical drama that follows the political aspects of the last four months of the American Civil War and Lincoln’s life as Lincoln strives to gain ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution‚ which would bring an end to slavery and unlawful involuntary servitude in the United States. Spielberg‚ unlike other historical directors‚ has successfully portrayed Abraham Lincoln from several angles; the fatherly Lincoln who cares
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early life and career Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809‚ to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln‚ two uneducated farmers. Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin on the 348 acre (1.4 km²) Sinking Spring Farm‚ in Nolin Creek‚ three miles (5 km) south of Hodgenville‚ in southeast Hardin County‚ Kentucky (now part of LaRue County)‚ an area which‚ at that time‚ was considered the "frontier." The name Abraham was chosen to commemorate his grandfather‚ who was killed in an American Indian
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1830 The Indian removal act was passed. “It is generally acknowledged that this act spelled the end of Indian Rights to live in those states under their own traditional laws” (http://www.historynet.com) The Native American was forcefully removed from their Ancestral land and placed on federal territory west of the Mississippi. This was all done under the order of President Andrew Jackson. The reason for removal was no more than pure greed. The process in which the Native American was removed from their
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type of government that is way better than the others. In a unitary government the entire country is controlled as one and the government has all the power. In a confederate government the individual states have a lot of independence and there is a weaker and limited central government. A federal government is between unitary and confederate where the individual states still have power but the central government also has power. A unitary government does not allow the individual states to have any power
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Lincoln and Slavery Slavery is most likely one of the worst events that took place in America. President Lincoln had a very difficult challenge of maintaining a stable country as debates over slavery arose. Once the debates got out of hand and the country turned to fighting‚ war was inevitable. After the southern states seceded from the union‚ some northern men joined the army to reunite the country‚ and some to abolish slavery. The southern men viewed the north as a tyrant power taking away their
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Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president of the United States of America‚ was the man who rose to the presidency and took the steps needed to end the situation of separation by making sure the South didn’t secede from the Union and continue to be a slave-owning population. An emancipator frees people from bondage or oppression‚ Lincoln’s main priority in his term in office was to re-unite the North and South‚ not to free the slaves. He believed that white people were superior to African-Americans and
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The Native Americans fought in court to stay on their land and even though they won President Jackson still forced them to leave. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act because white settlers didn’t want to live with the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson’s reasons for defending the Indian Removal Act were fraudulent and in the eyes of the Native Americans would be unfair and irrelevant. A few reasons would be the Trail of Tears‚ the Five Civilized Tribes‚ and the fact that the Cherokee Nation
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Abraham Lincoln was considered by many American’s as one of the greatest Presidents of the United States. Having come from humble beginnings it could be said that Abraham Lincoln rose up to meet all the challenges that would greet him‚ and it could be argued that at the time the only person who could successfully guide the United States through the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln. At the time of his presidency‚ the United States was falling apart‚ with the South trying to secede from the North‚ creating
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Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809 near Hodgenville‚ Kentucky and died on April 15‚ 1863. He is well known as our 16th president and the leader of the union during the American Civil War. Lincoln’s earliest childhood memories were of a flash flood‚ which had washed away corn and pumpkin seeds he had helped his father plant. Lincoln helped his father clear fields and take care of crops but grew to dislike hunting and fishing. His mother died autumn of 1818. His
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