Abraham

The word admirable by definition means the following: .arousing or deserving respect and approval. That is the first word used to describe Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and there is not a better word I can think of for this touching speech. The Gettysburg Address was recited after the Civil War, on the very field it was fought on. When the president was invited to give a speech in the place where so many died, it was expected to be emotional at the very least. However, Lincoln went past…

assassination April 1865, leading the United states throughout the bloodiest constitutional political civil war. "A house divided against itself cannot stand," quoted upon Abraham Lincolns 'House Divided ' discussable debated speech. (Basler) The aforementioned speech managed throughout the candidate 's deliberation regarding Abraham Lincoln being the U.S Senate and Stephen Douglas being the Democrat. Lincoln delivered that quote from which occurred to acknowledge being three of Jesus…

to the proposition that all men are created equal”3. This is arguably one of the most famous quotes in the history of the United States. When Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address, it was at a time in our nations history in which there was a great divide. The United States was facing a civil war in which the country would rely on one man, Abraham Lincoln. It was through the actions and determination of Lincoln that allowed the country to rally and support one of the greatest leaders…

If you had heard that the man who freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln, was a racist, would you believe that statement? Historians everywhere have differing opinions on this topic, but based on the extensive amounts of evidence that I have examined, I strongly believe that he was a racist. There are many quotes, articles, and many other forms of evidence that show that he viewed black people to be inferior to white people. Even though he did have these racists beliefs, to many people of his time,…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America (1861-1865). During this time the north (Union) and the south (Confederate) was fighting over slavery. As it progressed it caused a Civil War between two armies, the Union, which was lead by Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate, lead by Robert E. Lee. After the war was over the 13th amendment was put in force by the government which abolished slavery. After that Lincoln gave his speech, The Gettysburg Address and then time…

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…

Some of the most influential people in the world have mental illnesses. However, the mental illness they had did not determine their success. Abraham Lincoln was one of these people that I am talking about. Although, Abraham Lincoln was not diagnosed with depression while he was alive, he more than likely would have been diagnosed with depression if he was alive today. Not to mention, the reminiscences of Lincoln's friends describe him as he's always the most depressed person they've ever seen…

Many people looked at Abraham Lincoln and thought of him as the 16th President of the United States. In reality, he wanted people to see him, as he wrote in the opening of his letter to Jesse W. Fell, as “modest and not to go beyond the material.”1 Lincoln wasn’t interested in what people thought he was, but more about how he wanted the public to see him. He conveyed the feeling that he was not anyone special and in fact an ordinary man. In the autobiographies of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln…

The 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…

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…