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    Abraham Lincolns presidency had a lot to do with slavery and whether it should expand to the west or stay where it already existed. For Lincoln this was not an easy political issue to resolve. He had the southerners in one ear to expand slavery and the northerners in the other to abolish it. An issue that determined his entire career. One wrong move could spark a fire and create a war, and or lose half of the union because he interfered with slavery in the southern states. Lincoln did not want…

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    Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, Thomas was a determined and strong pioneer who was respected in the community. Lincoln had two siblings, his sister Sarah and his younger brother Thomas. When Lincoln was nine years old his mom passed away, of tremetol at the age of thirty four in December of 1819. Lincoln’s parents were most likely illiterate, but as he grew into manhood he got his formal education. He got an estimated total of eighteen months, a…

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    President Abraham Lincoln the sixteenth president of the United States, was elected in 1860. During his presidency, he had numerous attempts on his life, due to the citizen 's seeing him as a villain. Copperheads and Southern men tried infecting him (with small pox), kidnapping him, and offering a bounty on him. They finally succeeded on April 15, 1865 when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the theatre in Washington, D.C.1. When in power he worked towards the…

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    unions savior Abraham Lincoln was on February 12, 1809 to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in a log cabin in Hardin county, Kentucky. He began his flawless law career in 1834 after the Black Hawk War as a member of the Whig party. He was a strong supporter of government-sponsored infrastructure and protective tariffs. This led to an early development of his views on the treachery of slavery as not necessarily a moral wrong but rather a harm to the economy and hindering its development. In 1837 Lincoln…

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    Abraham Lincoln has been recognized as the most influential leader in history. He has made significant contributions to the United States and will forever be remembered. Lincolns’ young life had a large impact on his adult successes and ultimately shaped him to be the hero he is. Lincolns’ most memorable contribution was the movement to demolish slavery. He was incredible man who had a prosperous life with many more successes and contributions. Lincoln held a leadership quality and it was seen…

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    little mistake and a state can get outraged and leave the union. I am with our president Abraham Lincoln that wants to do good in this world. I this morning read in a speech that he gave with the thoughts of saving the Union. There is so much going on with the union. If one thing is done there is some that won’t be happy will argue for there rest of their lives if they can about it. In the article, Abraham says “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I…

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    Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky grew up on the western frontier in Kentucky and Indiana, served for 8 years. He was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until April 1865 since of his assassination. Also led the US through the civil war, was the bloodiest war, he preserved the Union abolished slavery and modernized the economy. He became a leader in building the new Republican Party, gave a speech called the…

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    Abraham Lincoln was an amazing man. He was the man who ended slavery in the U.S.A. and helped us through the civil war. I am going to the Lincoln Memorial to learn more about him. I am a historian ready to learn. As I got to the memorial I heard a loud scraping sound. I walked into the room where the giant statue of Abraham Lincoln was supposed to be only to find that it wasn’t there! I still heard the scraping sound and didn’t know what to make of it before I heard a man groaning like he was…

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    viewed and defined differently depending on the culture or even person. There is a common thread that flows between multiple well-known leaders, which is that many experienced their peaks in leadership during some of the world’s bleakest times. Abraham Lincoln is one of those people who lead in one of the most ominous times in the history of the United States of America, the Civil War. It takes a specific type of person with certain leadership policies to lead an entire nation through such a…

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    Abraham Lincoln is one of the greatest Presidents and heroes in American history. He is a hero because he was courageous and determined enough to rise from humble beginnings as a farmer to become the most powerful man in the country. He was honest and generous, even inviting his rivals in the presidential campaign to be in his cabinet. He fought to keep the country together and expressed his generosity by allowing the defeated Confederacy to keep all their weapons and land. Finally, it was he…

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