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    In modern times and throughout history there are many individuals who were and are in a leadership role. One of these leaders was Abraham Lincoln. This paper intends to highlight some of the valuable qualities of Lincoln and how they shaped him into a leader. A number of the traits that will be explored are faith, honor and integrity, and the ability to listen. Upon examining history it becomes evident that one of the personal qualities that Lincoln possessed was faith. This faith guided…

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    Throughout the years many historians have argued over the some aspects of the civil war. One of the most important questions that the civil war creates is: was it inevitable? To find the answer to this question we must first state and analyze the causes of the civil war. In this research paper I will prove that the civil war was inevitable because the free states and the slave states would eventually break out in war since the problems between them would’ve never been solved if the war weren’t…

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    A Fated Battle It is in human nature to have a different viewpoint from someone else. However, different viewpoints normally leads to a dispute between individuals. Disputes can range from as simple as debating on which football team is better, to more pensive economical and political issues. A prominent example is the American Civil War. The American Civil War is a result of a dispute between the northern and southern states of America. The southern states were intimidated by the…

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    Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States once stated, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln is a hero for the citizens of the United States of America because his determination and courage to ending slavery even if it meant. Slavery was the vital cause of the American Civil War. The civil war was between the northern and southern states. The northern states were called the…

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    During the 17th century, many Europeans, especially the English came over to America in search of a life better than the one they had in England. In the early to mid 1600s, two different groups of people, the participants from the Virginia Company and the Puritans. Despite this similarity, both the participants and the Puritans had other intentions of moving to America and with this, many other differences. Taking all the advantages and disadvantages the two groups had into consideration, the…

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    Abraham Lincoln inherited the United States when the division caused by secession was one step behind of starting the war. Even though he vowed to uphold the Union and defend the Constitution, he believed that some rules had to be broken. The President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, believed that secession was an act of self-defense in disagreement with the Black Republicans. The goal of this essay is to compare the South who was a supporter of slavery and the North who stood against it…

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    As President Abraham Lincoln cited in a speech, “‘a house divided against itself can not stand’”(Lincoln). This reference to a bible verse, Mark 3:25, characterizes American life in the antebellum era. Leading up to the Civil War, the United States was divided culturally between the North and the South. The main difference between the North and the South was rooted in the institution of slavery. By 1804, all Northern states had abolished slavery within their borders. However, due to the…

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    There were very apparent differences before the American Revolution between the North and South. Economic, political structures, and the social settings of the North and South differed significantly. During the early 1800’s is when the North and South really started to divide and there were noticeably huge differences in the way each area was running and how they handled things. Slavery and free blacks was one of the major differences of the two and was responsible for the civil war. The North…

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    Lincoln knew that that Emancipation Proclamation was on shaky legal grounds once the war was over. He was aware that the high strength of the Slave Power and its collaborator in the North; he didn't know if promises of emancipation would be honored by governments that came after he left office unless the Constitution removed slavery. The supports given by American whites to slavery and later to judgment against African-Americans tells us that the people can be wrong and that majorities rule, not…

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    Abraham Lincoln was not the great equalizer that history has portrayed him to be. Although, he thought slavery was wrong, he supported colonization of freed African Americans. He was a supporter of the founding colonies like the Republic of Liberia. The Civil War was fought to free the slaves, but Lincoln did not know what to do with the slaves after they were freed. This creates his support for sending them back to their homelands. He did not think treating human being as property was…

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