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The thirteenth amendment to the United States Constitution changed our nation in a radical way. During the previous years, a path was carved to make way for a movement that would abolish slavery and change the United States’ culture. This amendment is a crucial and intriguing part of the Constitution, in fact- its original purpose was not to abolish slavery. The thirteenth amendment that was first passed in February of 1861 was to ensure that slavery would remain legal in the states. So, why…

Abraham Lincoln is one of the greatest men who ruled American and he has forever remained a hero following his numerous contributions toward the building of United States of America. He was inspirational leader and a great politician, and these are some of the traits that make Lincoln a man of ideas. In his book, Allen C. Guelzo says that Lincoln was an intellectual leader despite having meager education. His inquisitiveness pushed him into democratic political philosophy that helped him become…

Michael Works The American Revolution America has gone through many different types of revolutions such as the Revolutionary War and Civil War. When thinking of revolution, modernization comes to mind. The modernization of America was the biggest factor in determining how America would turn out in the future. America is not the most stable country, but from its past and different obstacles, it has been able to bounce back from nearly every problem, no matter what the circumstance. The Boston…

The Civil war was a conflict over a way life. A plantation agriculture of the South that depended on slaves. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 his opposition to slavery was seen as a threat to the economic interest of the southern states. The South responded by seceding from the Union and founding the confederate States of America in 1861 with Jefferson Davis as their president. South Carolina was the first to secede, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana secede…

From this time on, Lincoln 's life was formed by the issues and fortunes of common war. As president, he was the leader of all organizations in government furthermore went about as president, or preeminent commandant, of the armed forces. Lincoln was intensely scrutinized for ahead of schedule disappointments. Radicals in Congress were soon requesting a redesign of his bureau, or authority consultants, and another set of commanders to lead his armed forces. To battle this, Lincoln himself…

Union Strategy 1861 – 1862: Lincoln and the Union high commands initial strategic proposal came from Major General Winfield Scott. The general-in-chief of the proposed “Anaconda Plan.” Scott’s master vision was an 80,000 man army pushing down the Mississippi River, severing the Confederacy in half while the Union navy instituted a blockade to suffocate and cut of the South’s trade. One factor that Scott and many of his staff thought was unique in the war was that a bulk of Southerners were…

President Lincolns plan was to unite the Union, by giving absolution to former soldiers of the Confederacy only if they would be willing to take an oath to embrace not only the Union, but also the Constitution. The only people that were pardoned were the African Americans from taking the oath. The only way President Lincoln was willing to accept their restoration only if “the number who did so in any state had reached…

Freedom is the essences of the United States of America. We are the land of the free. Freedom has been a battle fought for many years in the United States; freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the most significant historic moment being the freedom of those who were enslaved during the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation was the most significant turning point for freedom during the Civil War. Before the Emancipation the war was very different, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued…

West Point Graduate. Lincoln had little to no military expierence and had relatively low experience in politics. In regards to the leadership aspect it seemed that the south had the overall advantage, although through the war it did not turn out this way. The reality was that Davus ended up having no gift for military stradegy but he wanted to controll the military actions. He was quarrelsome in the political area which led to making many enemines in the confederacy. While Lincoln ended up…

states (Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland) from seceding and joining the Confederacy, Lincoln did not call for the abolition of slavery in those states because (1) the states would increase the Confederate population by over 50% and (2) the states gave the Union great strategic positioning for the Civil War (“Politics in the Civil War”). The North gained a considerable political advantage in the war with Lincoln leading a strong, centralized federal government capable of unifying the…