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Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was an event in history that everyone is aware of; however, some don’t understand the true impact it had on history and the people around it. Discussing the main points might be hard for one to do because some don’t truly understand the motive behind it and how it affected people around at the time. A lot of factors were involved during this assassination to make it a crisis everyone would be sure to remember. Opinions about this will be considered throughout the…

March 4th, 1865 Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address during his second inauguration as President of the United States. At a time when victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness. After Lincoln gave his speech, he left the podium to ask his friend Frederick Douglass, how he felt about it. Lincoln said to Douglass, “Well, what did you think?” Douglass replied, “I agree…

1. What professional and political experience did Abraham Lincoln accumulate before becoming President? Abraham Lincoln had no professional experience neither did he went to any law school. He taught himself to read and be a lawyer. Lincoln left his father’s home and his father’s way of life for good when he was twenty-one years old. He was very energetic and eager to learn everything. He worked as a field hand, mended fences, worked at a blacksmith shop, the gristmill, hauled freight on the…

as slaves. The Union ended up winning the war and all the slaves eventually became free. Two opposing views on how the slaves became free are whether president Abraham Lincoln freed them, or they freed themselves. Both historical writers, Barbara Fields who believes the slaves freed themselves, and James McPherson who believes that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, put their arguments forth in their essays. Through much depicting of both essays, it can be determined that…

Maslow's hierarchy, a psychology theory that was once proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943. This psychological theory subsequently extends to the motivation of humans. The study behind Maslow’s hierarchy is was done by observing people’s innate curiosity. Beginning at the bottom of the pyramid, this is the base of human needs, also known as the physiological needs. Physiological needs include necessities for life, such as food, water, warmth and rest. When viewing the lowest level of this…

When Abraham Lincoln proposed the Emancipation Proclamation, it was more of a noble act of morality than it was a violation of the states rights. Lincoln knew that the best course of action, and the choice with the most moral standing, was freeing the slaves. Or, at least, clearing the way for the emancipation process to begin and gradually abolishing slavery. Even though the reason that Lincoln proposed the proclamation was to get states to return to the Union, he still believed that slavery…

In the years before 1865, the Civil War, led by President Abraham Lincoln, raged on. Finally, the Confederacy surrendered to the Union. An angry Confederate, John Wilkes Booth, decided to kill the president. After he shot Lincoln in Ford’s Theater, he received the help of a few Confederate supporters, one being Dr. Samuel Mudd. Mudd was guilty of knowingly assisting Booth after the actor assassinated Lincoln in 1865. Possibly the largest reason for Mudd’s sentence was that he knew that he…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States (March 4th , 1861-April 14th , 1865). He was president during the Civil War. Lincoln was watching the play Our American Cousin in Ford’s Theater when he got assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. John Wilkes Booth was an Actor. He was also part of the Know Nothing Party who wanted to limit immigration to the United States. During the Civil war he joined the Virginia militia, and was a Confederate spy. According to biography.com Booth was…

Prominent conservative intellectuals constantly debate the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. On one side thinkers such as Mel Bradford and Richard Gamble believe that Lincoln set out to establish a civic religion that introduced the radical equality theory that resulted in the rise of progressivism. In response, thinkers such as Krannawitter came to Lincoln’s defense claiming that his use of religious language was merely a rhetorical tool used to unite the people after the Civil War.…

John Wilkes Booth was the first person to assassinate a president, in this case it was the death of President Lincoln. Lincoln was assassinated because John Wilkes Booth thought it would benefit the south. Abraham Lincolns assassination was unjust, he was a president and a lawyer trying to emancipate slavery, although others, such as, slave owners saw in their perspective as taking away their labor force therefore they got angry towards Lincoln was assassinated because he was going against the…