A decision established in 34 days embarked a conflict that lasted four years. On November of 6, of 1860 Lincoln was elected president of the United States. This action gave southern states a feeling of being erased and forgotten from the newly founded government, since the presidential party ran mostly on anti-slavery programs. On December 20, 1860 South Carolina succeed from the Union and not far behind were 10 other states (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). Abraham Lincoln fears the succession of the south from the Union ,accordingly he proclaimed that he had no intentions of editing or ending the ideas of slavery. Doing so outrage his black supporters and their white allies, but did little to calm the
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Abraham warned the Confederates if they do not come to terms, then henceforth the emancipation proclamation shall take effect on the first of January, 1863. This executive war power crippled the Confederate war efforts by limiting its ability to hold men on the fronts. The emancipation proclamation freed the slaves in the states that made up the rebellion, but the states that played no part of the Confederate were immune to this action.
Nearing the end of the war the moral of either side was dwindling to little or nothing. Abraham fears the support of his campaign to unite the country falling, he proposed a speech. Such a speech that it questioned the very idea of slavery and the causes of the war. In November 1863, Abraham spoke the Gettysburg Address at the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Cemetery. The speech addressed the concepts that brought the Declaration of Independence to life, and a remembrance of those lost to unify the country. Abraham stated ”The world would note little of what they said, but it could never forget what they
Abraham warned the Confederates if they do not come to terms, then henceforth the emancipation proclamation shall take effect on the first of January, 1863. This executive war power crippled the Confederate war efforts by limiting its ability to hold men on the fronts. The emancipation proclamation freed the slaves in the states that made up the rebellion, but the states that played no part of the Confederate were immune to this action.
Nearing the end of the war the moral of either side was dwindling to little or nothing. Abraham fears the support of his campaign to unite the country falling, he proposed a speech. Such a speech that it questioned the very idea of slavery and the causes of the war. In November 1863, Abraham spoke the Gettysburg Address at the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Cemetery. The speech addressed the concepts that brought the Declaration of Independence to life, and a remembrance of those lost to unify the country. Abraham stated ”The world would note little of what they said, but it could never forget what they