Lincoln's second inaugural address

Final Exam Question 1: Slavery The Cause of the Civil War Prior to 1830 Slavery was viewed as a necessary evil among many Americans. As a result of the Constitutional Convention the founders banned the importation of new slaves, put a temporary hold on debates to abolish slavery, and instituted the three-fifths rule for federal representation and taxation. The founding fathers, hoped through providence this regrettable evil would eventually become extinct in time (Stamp pg, 157). Following the…

it was not a law that they were free. President Lincoln was under serious fire for the document, but he said it was “a necessity of war, to weaken the enemy.” The blacks that were able to escape slavery found refuge in the Union army. President Lincoln’s close friend, Frederick Douglas, pushed him to allow blacks to fight in the war and more importantly for their freedom. From the moment the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the focus of the war had changed. A Civil War that was being fought…

not working for his father on his farm, he was constantly reading. One of Lincoln’s friends called him a “manic” for examining books late at night. Even though he had little education, Abraham Lincoln was very intelligent. He attained his knowledge on his family farm. From learning about his family’s business, which was a general store, and splitting wood for their farm, Abraham Lincoln learned great skills. Later in Lincoln’s life he moved away from home. He co-owned a general store for…

One of America’s most famous presidents, Abraham LIncoln, has impacted the USA in numerous great ways. Although he wasn’t always United States’ president. He went down a long road to becoming it. The work he did, giving powerful speeches, and choosing to do things that have altered America which made it how it is today. Abraham Lincoln was not only a stupendous president but a wonderful person in America’s history. Abraham was born in the year 1809 on February 12 in Hodgenville, KY located in…

one thing and want to express solidarity with another -- but they are not interested in the detail of what they are saying”. This can be easily exemplified by Presidential speeches over the past two hundred years. Abraham Lincoln, in his Second Inaugural Address, repeatedly uses religious metaphors to appeal to his audience. By emphasizing his identity as a Christian to an audience that consisted of mainly practicing Christians, he appealed to them on an emotional level. As he concludes his…

We have known race riots, draft riots, labor violence, secession, anti-war protests, and a whiskey rebellion, but one kind of trouble we've never had: a language riot. Language riot? It sounds like a joke. The very idea of language as a political force-as something that might threaten to split a country wide apart-is alien to our way of thinking and to our cultural traditions. This may be changing. On August 1 of last year the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would make…

“Four score and seven years ago our forefathers…” (1863) this is one of the most quoted lines from a presidential speech ever. This speech was written by Abraham Lincoln on his way to address the union troops at Gettysburg. Lincoln was an amazing writer and speaker and was the first Republican president of the United States of America. Though this may not seem like an amazing feat in light of the Republican party of today, in 1860 there had never been a Republican in office. The Republican…

declaring their independence from the Union, his election being the cause of their secession (Arrington,1). Lincoln, being a Republican was thought to be an abolitionist by those in the South even though, he actually wasn’t (Bos “Abraham”,1). Lincoln’s original plan was to not interfere with slavery. since the constitution didn’t give the president that power (Bos “Abraham”,1). When he took office the nation was already divided (Bos “Abraham”,1). Only a short month after Lincoln began his…

proposal to not administer any more slave states. Every new state entering the union would be a free state where slavery would be illegal (Link 149). However, many slave states thought of this as a threat to the entire existence of slavery. Since the second constitute was written in 1799, which left out the part of the previous constitution that mandated that no law could be made to emancipate slaves, there had been no major threat to the massive practice of the South (Foner 4).With the…

John Quincy Adams, son of the second President of the United States, John Adams, was a graduate from Harvard that went on to practice law. He assumed duties in Berlin as the US minister until 1800, when he was then elected to the Massachusetts Senate. He eventually resigned, seeking to become a member of the US Senate. His job titles also included teaching at Harvard, acted as minister to Russia, a peace commissioner at Ghent, minister to Britain in 1815 and secretary to President Monroe from…