Explain Why I Want To 2012 Apush Dbq Essay

The Republicans chose Lincoln as their candidate for a few reasons. For one, Lincoln had no military background to use to prove his leadership abilities. However, he did have a political record and most of it had been in print and spread around for all to read. Therefore, many citizens were aware of what he stood for. It didn’t help Douglas when he lied about having family obligations and then taking a long route through the South up to the North and using the train stops to give campaign speeches. Bell also had nobody to back him up and help him snare votes from the Republicans. The Southern states thought Lincoln was after ending slavery altogether which was not even true. Lincoln had planned to prevent slavery in any new western states that formed. His idea behind that was to eventually drain any stronghold the South had for pro-slavery in Congress, although this would take many years. Also, the South thought that Douglas also wanted to end slavery due to the proposal put forth in the Popular Sovereignty iniative: let the settlers in the west vote whether …show more content…
He made himself available to all the reporters, photographers, painters and sculptors who wanted to interview, photograph, paint and sculpt him. This put out a lot of information and images that could be spread out throughout the states in the form of banners, envelopes, prints, etcetera. When he was elected, he gave credit to Brady, who he posed for the day of the Cooper Union address. Also, Lincoln was not a repetitive man. He had said much during the Cooper Union address and the Lincoln-Douglas Senate debates, so this time around, he kept quiet. Although he didn’t say much, he did, however do another smart thing. He arranged publication of the debates just in time for the Republican convention. He also had a fancy pamphlet version of Cooper Union in time for the