Abraham Lincoln’s A House Divided
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America who served between the years of 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln is recognized now as the man who ended slavery but he was more than just that. He was always into politics and had an up and down run in varying elections until 1858 when the Illinois Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate and accepted with his career launching speech A House Divided. He did not win the U.S. Senate election but went on to win the presidential election in 1861 where he began to implement his beliefs and save America. Lincoln played a major role in the civil war, his biggest accomplishment was abolishing slavery in 1863 with the Emancipation …show more content…
He did not want to stir anything or anger any of the states to the point of breaking away. Many people though, thought that his acceptance speech was inappropriate and too forward to make the claims he did about using what would be his power to end the issue of slavery. Audience
A House Divided was a speech directed towards the voters of 1858, specifically middleclass men as they were who made up most of the population. He wanted to gain support of those on the fence and strengthen the ones who agreed with him. Due to these factors, one should consider the political opinion swaying factors when reviewing this speech. …show more content…
Later, once the south began to fight back, the speech stood as a basis for the north in the debate on slavery and the Civil War as America could not function separately. If it weren’t for this speech, many Americans would not have fought to keep the southern states in the union has they had differing opinions but Lincoln’s speech made them realize the importance of unity as a nation. Today, the points in this speech are still valid as the people of the United States of America consistently battle with each other in the name of a political party or debatable opinion and it’s making one group hate people of the other group and the nation cannot function properly like that. As Lincoln said, both sides need to work together to make a unite, balanced, stable government for the nation. Even though Abraham Lincoln’s speech was originally a call to voters to bring him attention and votes, his points stand relevant throughout governments history from before the time, during that time, and through modern government
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America who served between the years of 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln is recognized now as the man who ended slavery but he was more than just that. He was always into politics and had an up and down run in varying elections until 1858 when the Illinois Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate and accepted with his career launching speech A House Divided. He did not win the U.S. Senate election but went on to win the presidential election in 1861 where he began to implement his beliefs and save America. Lincoln played a major role in the civil war, his biggest accomplishment was abolishing slavery in 1863 with the Emancipation …show more content…
He did not want to stir anything or anger any of the states to the point of breaking away. Many people though, thought that his acceptance speech was inappropriate and too forward to make the claims he did about using what would be his power to end the issue of slavery. Audience
A House Divided was a speech directed towards the voters of 1858, specifically middleclass men as they were who made up most of the population. He wanted to gain support of those on the fence and strengthen the ones who agreed with him. Due to these factors, one should consider the political opinion swaying factors when reviewing this speech. …show more content…
Later, once the south began to fight back, the speech stood as a basis for the north in the debate on slavery and the Civil War as America could not function separately. If it weren’t for this speech, many Americans would not have fought to keep the southern states in the union has they had differing opinions but Lincoln’s speech made them realize the importance of unity as a nation. Today, the points in this speech are still valid as the people of the United States of America consistently battle with each other in the name of a political party or debatable opinion and it’s making one group hate people of the other group and the nation cannot function properly like that. As Lincoln said, both sides need to work together to make a unite, balanced, stable government for the nation. Even though Abraham Lincoln’s speech was originally a call to voters to bring him attention and votes, his points stand relevant throughout governments history from before the time, during that time, and through modern government