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I choose this topic because Abraham Lincoln had a huge impact on America. Abraham Lincoln was a normal person like you or me. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the U.S. serving from March 1861 until his assassination by John Wilkes Booth in April 1865. He was born on February 12th, 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. Abraham had a hard life, his mother died in 1818 when he was 9 years old. Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday. He did something that many people disagreed with he freed slaves. Even though it wasn’t popular Lincoln knew it was the right thing to do. Abraham said,” Those who deny freedom to others deserve them not for themselves”. He made the Emancipation Proclamation, and he is living proof that anyone …show more content…
At the beginning of the war the goal was to preserve the Union then changed their focus to free slaves. In 1862 thousands of slaves fled to join the invading Northern armies, Lincoln was convinced that abolition had become a sound military strategy, as well as the morally correct path. At first Lincoln’s advisers didn’t support the Emancipation Proclamation they believed it was to radical. Lincoln passed the final part of the proclamation on January, 1st, 1863. The day Abraham signed the document about 50,000 slaves were freed. When it took effect in January 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation led the way to freedom for African Americans. Not all slaves were free until they passed the 13th amendment in December, 18th, 1865. Then African Americans could enlist in the Union army and navy. They then described their actions as, "an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity". The overwhelmingly Republican Senate passed the Thirteenth Amendment by more than the necessary two-thirds on April 8, 1864. Not until January 31, 1865, did enough Democrats in the House vote for the amendment to pass it by a bare two-thirds. Abraham had a huge impact and changed the U.S. for the better. Republicans and slaves were thrilled while democrats didn’t feel as strongly. In the end the …show more content…
Of course slaves were thrilled by the news of their freedom. Except many were angry his own advisers thought it was to radical. Abraham Lincoln said that slavery was bad for example, “Those who deny freedom to others deserve them not for themselves”. He also said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided.” The Republican Party was founded primarily to oppose slavery, and Republicans eventually abolished slavery. The Democratic Party fought them and tried to maintain slavery. They passed the 13th Amendment finally abolishing slavery, passed in 1865 with Republican support but not much democratic support in congress. during the war republicans were called radical because they wanted to not only end slavery but also to free slaves with full citizenship, equality, and rights. This is now what country is founded on thanks to the
I choose this topic because Abraham Lincoln had a huge impact on America. Abraham Lincoln was a normal person like you or me. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the U.S. serving from March 1861 until his assassination by John Wilkes Booth in April 1865. He was born on February 12th, 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. Abraham had a hard life, his mother died in 1818 when he was 9 years old. Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday. He did something that many people disagreed with he freed slaves. Even though it wasn’t popular Lincoln knew it was the right thing to do. Abraham said,” Those who deny freedom to others deserve them not for themselves”. He made the Emancipation Proclamation, and he is living proof that anyone …show more content…
At the beginning of the war the goal was to preserve the Union then changed their focus to free slaves. In 1862 thousands of slaves fled to join the invading Northern armies, Lincoln was convinced that abolition had become a sound military strategy, as well as the morally correct path. At first Lincoln’s advisers didn’t support the Emancipation Proclamation they believed it was to radical. Lincoln passed the final part of the proclamation on January, 1st, 1863. The day Abraham signed the document about 50,000 slaves were freed. When it took effect in January 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation led the way to freedom for African Americans. Not all slaves were free until they passed the 13th amendment in December, 18th, 1865. Then African Americans could enlist in the Union army and navy. They then described their actions as, "an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity". The overwhelmingly Republican Senate passed the Thirteenth Amendment by more than the necessary two-thirds on April 8, 1864. Not until January 31, 1865, did enough Democrats in the House vote for the amendment to pass it by a bare two-thirds. Abraham had a huge impact and changed the U.S. for the better. Republicans and slaves were thrilled while democrats didn’t feel as strongly. In the end the …show more content…
Of course slaves were thrilled by the news of their freedom. Except many were angry his own advisers thought it was to radical. Abraham Lincoln said that slavery was bad for example, “Those who deny freedom to others deserve them not for themselves”. He also said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided.” The Republican Party was founded primarily to oppose slavery, and Republicans eventually abolished slavery. The Democratic Party fought them and tried to maintain slavery. They passed the 13th Amendment finally abolishing slavery, passed in 1865 with Republican support but not much democratic support in congress. during the war republicans were called radical because they wanted to not only end slavery but also to free slaves with full citizenship, equality, and rights. This is now what country is founded on thanks to the