Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Honest Abe, The Rail-splitter, the great Emancipator, or his real name Abraham Lincoln, everyone has probably heard either of his nicknames or as one of the presidents of the United States. Abraham Lincoln, one of the most remembered president in the US. We see his face on many of our monuments the Lincoln memorial and mount Rushmore. Being well know monuments he has been in. Why is he so well known? Well he freed the slaves and won the American Civil War to name a few things he…

broke out in April 1861, when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. Evidence that proves my case is, “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, will little note, nor longer remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” This proves my point above because, President Lincoln addresses that these…

ever goes in \to history it will be for this act”. A quote said by Abraham Lincoln who was one of the most famous and remembered presidents in history. For his actions that recreated America entirely. He created the emancipation proclamation which saved most of the enslaved african americans. And furthermore saved America from the civil war.”Emancipation” by Russell Freedman and “ O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman portray Lincoln as a fierce and capable leader through symbolism, historical…

“That the President will free all the little slave children,” was the words written on a petition given to Abraham Lincoln in 1864 (Swanson 1). These few words and the 195 signatures that accompanied it were enough to touch the president’s heart (Emancipation Proclamation Little People 2). Although the Emancipation Proclamation, a document freeing about 3.1 million slaves in the United States, was issued a year earlier, there were still some people unhappy about it’s effects (Emancipation…

President Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States, who served from March 1861, to his untimely death in April 1865. He was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville Kentucky. He was born to Nancy and Tom Lincoln. He had one sister, Sarah, who was more commonly known as Sally. The family had a very successful farm in Kentucky, but as the years went by, the Lincoln family discovered the law did nothing to protect them and their family’s farm from poachers. Tom had no choice but to…

On April 14, 1865, president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Forde’s Theatre. John Wilkes Booth killed him during a play there. Lincoln was fatally shot in the head, and died a few hours after the shot. Abraham Lincoln was killed because of the fact that he was a trusted, powerful leader that was able to make great changes to the U.S during his time. I believe that his assassination was wrong, and if Lincoln was alive through his full term, and he still had great plans for the U.S. Booth’s…

but, the south didn't want to be apart of it. Southern States wanted to secede from the Union because Abraham Lincoln's election and his suspected abolitionist leanings., they wanted slavery and they feel like the north would control them. Southern States wanted to secede from the Union because Abraham Lincoln's election and his suspected abolitionist leanings. In Doc 5 it says “Abraham Lincoln,…

karlie jarvis by:james swanson Assignment 1 The killing of Abraham lincoln started with him going to the ford's theatre and seeing the play our American cousin. John wilkes booth know that abe lincoln will be there so he plans the killing with a few of his friends,Lewis powell,David herold,john harrison,surratt and george atzerodt.The night of the play john wilkes booth is prepared for killing abe lincoln. So the crowd goes wild over a funny joke and will the crowd is laughing john…

was unfamiliar. The book informed me a lot about the civil war, slaves, and Abraham Lincoln’s role in trying to free the blacks. It was meaningful to me because people in the 19th century went through many struggles during that era that I did not know how rough it was for the slaves. I liked how Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation in order to free the slaves. I do not like slavery just as Abraham Lincoln did not. It was very wrong to have slaves. It is wrong to judge people by…

weeks to live is anxious.” (O’Reilly 8). Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, by Bill O'Reilly, is a book worth reading. The book is written in the viewpoint of the narrator in which he knows everything that is going on and will happen. The interest is with the killing of Abraham Lincoln. The readers should know that it is not just about Lincoln. It shows the lives of three other men in…