Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States once stated, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln is a hero for the citizens of the United States of America because his determination and courage to ending slavery even if it meant. Slavery was the vital cause of the American Civil War. The civil war was between the northern and southern states. The northern states were called the…

of all presidents. He came out on top when even he himself doubted that he would be reelected for presidency. In a period of crisis, with the union and slavery issues that weren't just going away. Abraham Lincoln's role in all of this was critical. He was a big supporter of the 13th amendment. Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, and the National Banking Act. He was a great commander in chief during the civil war which kept the United States intact. Of course no one person…

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is considered by many to be the greatest President in U.S. history. He is remembered for his vital to role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process of the Emancipation Proclamation. With the Proclamation it would begin the movement to end slavery. He is also remembered for the great speeches he would give, his character, and his leadership. He was the Commander and Chief during some of the…

Abraham Lincoln’s A House Divided Author 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…

In Seth Grahams’ book Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, the author retells the life president Lincoln young and old using his many journals to show including the influence vampires had on Abe and our nation. The story goes as a young 9-year-old Abraham Lincoln has his family taken away one at a time by his father’s association with vampires leading with a curse from vampires. Ending with his beloved mother death Abe makes a vow that” Henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion.…

After being reelected President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln had one major goal he wanted to accomplish. He wanted to make sure the emancipation proclamation, a document that granted slaves freedom, would remain intact when he was no longer in the oval office. To ensure their freedom, he needed to pass the Thirteenth Amendment. Passing the Amendment would not be an easy task! Obtaining votes from opposing Democrats would be a challenge. With rumors of the civil war ending…

On the 12 of February 1809 a boy named Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. Lincoln came from humble beginnings, living in a log cabin in backwoods Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois and working to help support his family by giving everything he earned to his father. As Lincoln developed into adulthood, countless people and events shaped and refined his views. People who significantly impacted these views included his father, mother, and wife as…

South are about to get a wide awaken. In my case Abraham Lincoln was bad emancipator. Lincoln was not the “Great Emancipator” because according to his own words he says “Free them (slaves), and make them politically our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this; and if mine would , we well know that those of the great mass of white people will not… We cannot, then make them African Americans equals.” When it comes to deciding between if Lincoln was a great or bad emancipator there is no…

being run, and it was evident that Abraham Lincoln was anti-slavery; Lincoln favors the northern states views on slavery by giving them a chance. Southern states were opposed that Lincoln interests was to support their idea of having slaves, but instead Lincoln went against them. For this reason, these states lost confidence in him and decided to start their states which they could be ruled the best way they knew how by a government of their choice. Abraham Lincoln was against the expansion of…

In Thomas J. DiLorenzo’s book, The Real Lincoln, is about who the common American thinks Lincoln is, to who Lincoln really was. The Real Lincoln gives just that. “Anyone who embarks on a study of Abraham Lincoln…must first come to terms with the Lincoln myth. The effort to penetrate the crust of legend that surrounds Lincoln…is both a formidable and intimidating task. Lincoln, it seems, requires special considerations that are denied it other figures…”(Johannsen) page 1. The introduction in…