Abraham Lincoln Essay

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1865 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. As a young man, he got the nickname "Honest Abe" before he became a lawyer or a politician. When running for president in 1859, his campaign slogan was also "Honest Abe". His own writing show that he valued honesty. Abraham Lincoln was an American Statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in Apr8il 1865. Despite a challenging…

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States. He was the first President to be assassinated. Often times his assassination overshadows his greatest achievement, The Emancipation Proclamation. Some people claim that Lincoln only freed the slaves because he had to so he could end the war. Was Abraham Lincoln politically inclined to free the slaves or did he truly care for them? The events of Lincolns past truly affected his future. Lincoln was born and raised in Hodgenville,…

During my visit in June, 2015 at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial across from Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., I was intrigued by how much detail was shown throughout the entire sculpture giving its presence a powerful message. The building contains a large sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and two speeches that he wrote having a significant impact in the United States of America. There were multiple parties involved in the completion of the artwork, but who was behind it was Henry Bacon. Daniel…

Abraham Lincoln is undoubtedly one of America 's greatest leaders in history and he left behind an incredible legacy for the nation and the world. Lincoln was elected as the sixteenth president of the United States of America. He saved the union and he was the emancipator of slaves despite rising from humble beginnings and leading his country through a bloodied civil war. Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln on February 12th, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He had an elder…

Abraham Lincoln is deemed as one of the most influential presidents, of the United States of America, that has ever lived. He may have never been the most influential in terms of foreign policies but, that was all due to his devotion to the country as the president. Abraham Lincoln wanted to unite the country amid the Civil War, so he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln wanted all citizens to have equal opportunities to own a land, so he proposed and passed the Homestead Act of…

Abraham Lincoln: Moving Towards a More Perfect Union The United States of America has had forty-four presidents; our nation has put the wellbeing of our country into the hands of forty-four people. A president’s job is to lead our government, be a spokesperson for the people, and make sure America is living up to the ideals we were founded upon. One particular president, Abraham Lincoln, was a phenomenal spokesperson for the ideals America stands for, particularly equality and freedom, and led…

Throughout American culture, Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the greatest and most lionized presidents of the United States. His accomplishments as president influenced and shaped the United States into the distinguished country it is today. As president, Lincoln was able to abolish slavery in America and save the Union. However, during his tenure as president, many citizens viewed his actions as controversial, which led many Americans to both love and hate him. His attempts at trying to…

Abraham Lincoln was without a doubt one of the most famous presidents in history. In the Civil War, he had freed the slaves, claiming the slaves in the rebellion forever free. Before Lincoln was president, he was the commander-in-chief of the American army. Americans should remember Abraham Lincoln because of his communication skills, the emancipation proclamation, and his many positives. Abraham Lincoln was born Feb 12, 1809. Just like a lot of famous individuals in history, Lincoln did not…

Abraham Lincoln I chose to do my report on Abraham Lincoln because I already have some knowledge on him. He was born on January 12, 1809. He grew up in a log cabin in Kentucky. He grew up to be the 16th president and in some peoples opinion the best one yet. One of his famous sayings was “A house divided against itself cannot stand”. In 1816 Lincoln moved to Indiana. Lincoln’s mother died in 1818 and the next year his father married a widow from Kentucky. In 1830 the Lincolns moved from…

both historical fact and fiction in developing our sixteenth president’s character in his book Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Grahame-Smith intertwines historically documented events and myths about Lincoln’s life with his vampire hunting concept to make his book “believable.” Grahame-Smith explains major events that shaped Lincoln as a consequence of vampire activity. Nancy Lincoln’s death when Abraham was 9 years old, as well as the deaths of his aunt and uncle, Elizabeth and Tom Sparrow,…