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    slavery. Abraham Lincoln’s intention of the Civil War was to bring the Confederacy back into the Union and he did not have to end slavery to preserve the Union. During the war‚ Lincoln established the Emancipation Proclamation that declared the slaves free‚ but the slaves had to make their own decision to escape from the South. Lincoln only encouraged the slaves to free themselves‚ not physically moving them into the Union. From www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2967.html‚ “...it was a war to preserve the

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    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 life

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    DBQ: Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for Union and Emancipation‚ 1861-1865 Lincoln began the civil war claiming to want only to preserve the union‚ and I think that saving the union was his main goal‚ but I think even from the beginning‚ slavery played a part in the start of the war too and another one of his goals was to gradually get rid of slavery. I think as time went on‚ it started to have a bigger and bigger role in the war‚ but I don’t think the goal of ending slavery every surpassed his

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    A McDonald’s is quite different from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Both places have different purposes. For example‚ A McDonald’s purpose is to serve fast food while the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool serves as an outlook from the Lincoln Memorial. However‚ they do have a similarity: the intended audience of both is anyone around the D.C area. But‚ the reactions that each place cause are very much different. The dirtiness and fast movements causes people at McDonalds restaurants to act

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    These neighbourhoods are Lakeview and Lincoln Park. They are located side by side to each other. Although they are next to each other‚ both neighbourhoods perform a huge amount of varieties and at the same time pretty a lot similarities. Each area has different special features that make them unique. As far as I know‚ Lakeview is surely the place where most of the visitors are young adults. However‚ as long as Wrigley field is next

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    Abraham Lincoln and Julius Caesar were two great leaders in history. They became very powerful throughout their political reign. Although very different men‚ they were similar in many ways and certainly linked together upon their death. Julius Caesar was born in Rome on July 13‚ 100 B.C. Being the leaders of the Roman Republic‚ Caesar form hung armies and conquered many new lands. He became extremely powerful and formed the Roman Empire. His Senators were worried that he had gained too much

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    recruit a team and plot to kidnap President Lincoln.

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    discuss Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was both a great man and a hero. His heroic contributions include the preservation of the union‚ the vindication of democracy and the death of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was a man of humble beginnings. He was the son of poor American farmers‚ who worked his way through American politics to become one of America’s greatest leaders but his contribution to the death of slavery not only made him an American hero‚ but a hero to all. Abraham Lincoln‚ was a great

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    President Lincoln gets down right away to talking to the Southern states‚ talking about that he only wants to talk about the big issue that he knows everyone cares about. He goes on to quote himself from past speeches later before this saying that he is not interested in making slavery illegal in order to prove that he has always been against using force of any type to end slavery. Continuing on‚ The president wants the South to know that the North will not agree to let them violate the contract

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    The assassination of Abraham Lincoln Boom! He just got hit the assassination of Abraham Lincoln just happened. We all have heard the story of Abraham Lincoln and what he did for his country. Abraham was a hero in many ways and not just for the slaves but for the north also. He worked with his military to help them win the war. Some people see hero’s as big strong people who can lift weights and throw people across the ocean. Abraham Lincoln had a variety of people on his side he was the one guy

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