Abraham Lincoln

In his book, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, Thomas J. DiLorenzo questions validity of the revered symbol of emancipation that is Abraham Lincoln. Found within the pages of The Real Lincoln is a series of allegations towards Lincoln and his legacy. Throughout the work, DiLorenzo questions both the actions of President Lincoln’s Administration and the intentions. DiLorenzo claims that Lincoln used his power as the President of the United States…

the South, he would not have had such extreme views and would not have killed Abraham Lincoln. One could argue that something like this is predestined in a person, or that nature comes before nurture. However, the way Booth was raised clearly had a big part in leading up to his attempted kidnapping and following that, his assassination of America’s sixteenth president. His views radically contradicted those of Lincoln, and when, where, and how he was brought up during his childhood are to blame…

The Election of 1860 ended with the victory going to Abraham Lincoln. This election brought a lot of controversy with it since the south deeply opposed the election of Lincoln since he was a republican. The reasons being since the republicans opposed slavery. But the south was afraid that if he was elected that slavery would soon be banned afterward since he already said that slavery should not be able to move to other territories. However Lincoln was not going to ban slavery since it would be…

Though Abraham Lincoln was not entirely an anti-slavery activist—he would rather have preserved the Union, with the halting of the spread of slavery—the south perceived him as such. Abraham Lincoln also declared that slavery was a detrimentally divisive topic with his remarks about slavery in 1858: “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe…

Lincoln then explained. “Son we are fighting in the Civil War. Don’t you realize this? Grant is on my side as we fight against Robert E. Lee. Whose side are you on?” “I was just wondering what was going on. Honestly, I don’t know where I am at the moment. I am not choosing a side because I don’t know what really going on.” Nathaniel Bryce said. Before walking away, Nathaniel Bryce got an attitude with Lincoln and due to the attitude from Lincoln, Nathaniel Bryce was determined…

Abraham Lincoln is widely known for his freeing of the slaves and for being the United States sixteenth president but, Lincoln did a lot before his time in presidency. Lincoln was born in Kentucky in February of 1809 to his father Thomas, who did not possess the skill of reading but indeed was a strong father figure even though Abe did not get along very well with him and to Nancy Hanks who died when Abe was small. Abe did numerous chores around the house and farm for a while until he turned…

more bitterness between the Confederacy,n and the Union until the commencement of the war on April 12th. Among the many causes, the three most significant events were the Missouri Compromise, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s work, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860. Most white Americans craved the expansion of The United States to create a larger nation (The Missouri Compromise). And at this time, there was an equal balance of free states and slave states, but when Missouri…

The objective of this book is to provide an alternative insight into the actions that Abraham Lincoln propagated in his supposed fight for a slave free United States. According to the book, there was a hidden agenda in Lincoln’s adamant fight against slavery (DiLorenzo p. 2). The author gives the notion that the Civil War was not necessary and as such, all six-hundred thousand (600,000) plus lives that were lost on the battlefield could have been entirely avoided. This reasoning, derives from…

retreated in terror. On Lincoln's inauguration, Confederate troops attacked federal troops in Fort Sumter in Charleston. Abraham Lincoln made a call to the nation arms which made states pick sides. The internal division in Virginia,…

The book Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson is a nonfiction book that explores the adventurous manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. The book goes further into the story behind Lincoln’s death than most people know because all this comes from original sources. In my opinion, the book was a very interesting and fun to follow read, and I gained a greater insight of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Overall, I had no complaints about the book, and I would definitely read more from the…