Lincoln University

When you think of a great worldly leader, does someone like Abraham Lincoln come to your mind – a man whom overcame many failures in his life, which led to him becoming the President of the United States or someone like Martin Luther King Jr. – a man whom was well known for the stand he took against American inequality, which led to him being the face of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Although, both would be classified as great leaders I chose to write this Legacy Leader’s paper…

different historical documents in his “I Have a Dream” speech. A few of the documents he refers to are the Emancipation Proclamation and the Declaration of Independence. The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The order focuses on freeing many enslaved African American individuals (Wynn). One hundred years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges that “the life of the Negro is…

Andrew Johnson becomes governor of Tennessee and just three short years later earned a seat as a U.S. senator in 1857. At the beginning of Andrew’s new journey, he introduces the Homestead Bill to the U.S. senate in 1857. On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln becomes the sixteenth president of the United Sates. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Andrew decides to remain loyal to the Union and keeps his seat as a U.S. senate. It was not until 1862 when Andrew is appointed military governor of…

African-Americans from slavery. After the Civil War ended, the United States had to reintegrate both a formerly slave population and a formerly rebellious population back into the country, which was a challenge to be taken on by Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and Andrew Johnson took over. Lincoln’s post-war idea was to make reunion and reconciliation easier, and Andrew Johnson’s guiding…

from his brother taking about the funeral of President Lincoln. He then says President Lincoln made stronger and more united than ever before. Which is a little ironic since this was the Civil War. Job states that the war is coming to an end and thinks it will be over by July. He discusses going back to school after the war is over and how he will need to re-learn some algebra. Then he talked about two men who celebrated the death of Lincoln. The union soldiers captured them tied ropes around…

Equiano is one of the most famous writers , claimed of the rights of blacks, so who called on the British government to abolish slavery. He wrote about black slaves in his book entitled The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa. The Interesting Narrative (1789) is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. It was the first slave autobiography and one of the earliest publication by an African. Equiano describes the experiences of his life and the time spent in slavery.…

Micah J. Hough’s Journal #2 Chapters; 9-15 Entry 1; War of 1812 The War of 1812 was the first time the United States declared war one anyone, one the reasons that led to the cause of the War of 1812 was the British impressment of American sailors, were they would be kidnapped and force into servitude, this disrupted shipping of goods and it violated American sovereignty. But from the British Impressment Policy, not only did it disrupted the American shipping to France (which both countries…

acquitted on self-defense. Marissa Alexander, a battered African American woman fired a warning shot at her barbarous husband during an encounter at her home in Florida. She did not harm or injured anyone, but according to Terrance Hamm Georgetown University Alumnus “Circuit judge James H. Daniel denied Alexander the same “stand your ground” rule that was exercised in Zimmerman’s…

colonial era, it was not until 1862 the government formed a strong relationship with veterans and their dependents. The pension bill that was passed by the Republican controlled Congress in February of 1862, was officially signed into law by President Lincoln on July 14, 1862, and issued in a new era of federal aid. This first pension act awarded aid to men who could…

Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, Foner discusses the rise, fall, and exploits of the abolitionist movement in the United States. Foner, a famous and renowned historian, is currently the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. Foner wrote this book to explore and dissect newly found information that reveals the hidden history of the abolitionist movement in America Early on, the abolitionist movement in New York City was not very popular. New York City’s economy…