Ulysses S. Grant

The year 1865 was a tumultuous time for America and politically for Abraham Lincoln. The Civil War, a loss of so many American lives, was coming to an end, but at an incredible cost. The U.S. Congress approved the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery. However, this act caused the assassination of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth after the end of the war on April 14, 1865. In May, the remaining Confederate forces surrendered. The estimated total casualties were 620,000 American deaths.…

Abraham Lincoln kept the country together at any cost even when it seemed to be irreparably splitting apart. As Lincoln was being sworn in, the South seceded, and Lincoln gave his inaugural speech to inform them of his views and dreams of a still united country. His Gettysburg Address came in a desperate time for the nation, as the civil war was in full swing, and it seemed that neither side would give up. Finally, his second inaugural speech came as the North was winning, and Lincoln saw an end…

A rhetorical device is a technique a write uses to establish an underlying meaning. In Marc Antony’s remembrance speech at Caesar’s funeral, rhetorical devices were used to convince the audience that Brutus was deceitful. Additionally, in President Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address”, it is evident that the usage of these devices helped to persuade American citizens to unite and remember those who died for our country during the Battle of Gettysburg. Lastly, rhetorical devices are present in Hillary…

There are always new challenges to come every few years or so. For instance, women didn’t get the right to vote until 1920. On down the line slavery ended with the help of president Abraham Lincoln in the year of 1865. Everyone is fighting for some rights or cause in this world, but women have to fight for so much more of not being judged by what role we are supposed to carry out in a family environment and working economy. Even when it comes to criminal punishment, we struggle by the hand’s of…

During the late eighteen hundreds things were changing rapidly. Many states had left the Union and opinions about slavery was dividing communities apart. One man called Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer from Kentucky was elected presidency in 1860, even though only had 40% of the popular vote as stated in www.history.com. When Lincoln was elected it caused some southern states to leave the Union and form their own nation. John Wilkes Boothe was one of the many haters of Lincoln. Boothe was violently…

power who abuses said power. Grant Wiggins in the book A Lesson Before Dying, has started to lose his purpose of staying in his little town and teaching in the plantation school. The kids seem to have no progress with his teachings and even though he has gained some power through an education his social relationship with the whites has not changed. All the goals and dreams he had in mind when he decided…

these two prominent men because, "as the Chinese saying goes, 'One 's name is one 's fate" (1644). Lincoln and Booth were not just provided with their names to heighten the dramatic effect of the play. Rather, both of the brothers share similar characteristics of the actual president and assassin. For instance, Abraham Lincoln 's experienced the loss of his mother at age nine due to her death from milk sickness. John Booth 's father passed away when he was fourteen years of age. Both of the…

long, arduous road of rebuilding the union. Rising out of poverty in the south, Andrew Johnson, took office following Lincoln’s assassination and now faced the seemingly insurmountable task of mending a split nation. However after Johnson 's continuation of Lincoln 's approach to reconstruction, consisting of lenient policy regarding the South and widespread amnesty, radical republicans who favored stricter terms for the South were infuriated (Severance). Tensions between the two contradicting…

There were high hopes for the Reconstruction era, after the civil war, in 1865. Throughout the eleven year Reconstruction era, newly freed African Americans had hopes of a better life with radical Republicans on their side. By the end of Reconstruction in 1876, the hope for African American equality had been lost. The goal of Reconstruction was to rebuild the south, reestablish the union, and rebuild southern society without slavery. However due to prejudice in the south and a lack of care from…

Not for Admiration, but for Commemoration: Keeping the Confederate Statues Erect With less than one hundred years since it was established, the United States of America split gravely during the historical Civil War. Over the course of four long years, America witnessed the bloodiest battles fought on American soil. After the war was won by the Union and Reconstruction was in full swing, African Americans were given rights previously unavailable to them due to their status in the American social…