Lincoln's second inaugural address

three other opponents in the general election, who were John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Lincoln’s rival, Stephen Douglas. At the end of the election, Lincoln received only forty percent of the popular vote but won 180 electoral votes of the possible 300 electoral votes. This meant that Lincoln had won the presidential election. Abraham Lincoln is now the sixteenth president of the United States and Lincoln’s journey as a president will now…

economics, political leadership, religion, and slavery. Overtime, Lincoln’s…

John Wilkes Booth was one of the most impactful moments in American history. Booth was the last person people would have suspected because he was a famous, handsome, and well-loved actor. However, on April 15, 1865, America was forever changed. Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction and peace following the Civil War were destroyed, leaving the racist and oppressive President Andrew Johnson to take over. Booth’s actions had cultural, historical, and social consequences on America. John Wilkes…

In his Inaugural Address, Lincoln cautioned the Southern states when he said, “In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war” (“Abraham Lincoln,” The White House). He believed the Union would succeed in the war and “for…

In his second inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln, now twice-elected President of a divided country four years into a gory Civil War, addresses the American people. He attempts to unify the warring North and South with many rhetorical strategies such as repetition and Biblical allusions, as well as appeals to Pathos. Firstly, Lincoln begins his speech by saying that at the beginning of his second term as president, “there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the…

The enslavement of Africans in the Americas had existed for over two hundred years by the first shots of the Civil War in 1861. Coinciding with Abraham Lincoln’s presidential election in 1860, seven southern states, and later an additional four, seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America, leading to the Civil War. Contrary to the beliefs of the majority of southerners at this time, Lerone Bennett Jr., a scholar, author, social historian, and writer for Ebony Magazine, in…

fact, Lincoln does not mention that, “this interest [slavery] was somehow the cause of the war.” until his Second Inaugural Address in 1865 (“Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address”). Even when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, it only freed slaves in states that were “in rebellion against the United States”, and many of those slaves had already run away (“Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation”). It is ironic that the last slaves to be freed were slaves in the Border…

Barack Obama. He was elected twice in his career, and he seen as one of the better speakers of the 21st century. Who are the listeners: Citizens of the United States (two million in attendance). In which situation is the speech deliverd: First Inaugural Address. What is its context: Speech given by the president with his intentions of what he will do as a leader. When is the speech delivered: January 21, 2009. 2) Analysis. What is the speaker's guiding idea: "Today I say to you that the…

emphasize the fact the Thirteenth Amendment passed by a very slim margin. Courtney views this as an act of defamation on his state. There are other small inaccuracies throughout the film, such as a reference to Lincoln’s image already being on currency, which was false at the time. Lincoln’s first appearance on currency was not until several years after his death. These small inaccuracies do not distract from the message and overall plot of the film, and for most, they are not even noticeable…

situation is a situation where a speaker or writer sees a need to change reality and sees that the change may be effected through rhetorical discourse (Grant-Davie).” Some examples include The Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural…