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How Abraham Lincoln Overcame Social and Political Obstacles in the Elimination of Slavery and Preservation of the Union

great impact on the national notions and approach to freedom and civil equality. From as early as his Inaugural Address, Pr...

U.S. Civil War and Abraham Lincoln

Each side was consistently successful in resolving its problems in politics, civil morale, and economics when its military was vic...

Inaugural Addresses of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

judge not, that we be not judged" (Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (1865)). In this we sense a sort of equality and a ba...

The Divided House of Abraham Lincoln

his background and upbringing. However, at no point are the framers of this exhibit content with merely presenting a recitation of...

Death of Abraham Lincoln and the Grief of Poet Walt Whitman

12, Whitman was indoctrinated in the printers trade (AAP). It was at this time that he fell in love with words, and began to read ...

Analyzing Literature Pertaining to the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

Although the purpose of the speech was to idealize those brave union men who had fought and died for the North in the Civil War, t...

Civil War Reconstruction and What if It Had Been Overseen by Abraham Lincoln

hold up to the demand. Each time the demand grew so did the number of black farmers who toiled the land. Cotton was not the only...

Abraham Lincoln and Presidential Power

fact engaged in international political action and many believe that they did not consult Congress, as they should have. C...

Gettysburg Address of President Abraham Lincoln

of emotion. They make vital decisions for the country and should make them based on sound advice and consideration, not emotion. H...

Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln

In five pages this paper argues that Abraham Lincoln cannot be regarded as a great U.S. President if internal truths are represent...

Frontier Influence on Presidents George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln

cry may have gone out -the army is coming! And in 1794, Washington order 13000 men to march into the frontier to "deal" with The ...

Abraham Lincoln and Opposing Views of Him

In seven pages this paper contrasts the Confederate and Union views of Abraham Lincoln as presented in Glenn Linden and Thomas Pre...

Constitutional Change and the Influence of Abraham Lincoln

critics considered Lincoln far too moderate, Lincoln clearly addressed the major issues of the day, working towards a free America...

John Wilkes Booth Did Not Act Alone in the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

In eight pages this research paper argues in favor of a murder conspiracy in President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and contend...

Civil Rights and Abraham Lincoln

In five pages this paper imagines what might have been had President Abraham Lincoln lived and directed the U.S. Reconstruction ef...

Slavery in the First and Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debates

This paper examines the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in terms of how the first and seventh debates dealt wi...

Civil War and Vietnam War 'Necessities'

In five pages this essay explores the meaning behind Abraham Lincoln's observations on 'necessities of war' by examining the Civil...

Lincoln on Government

Presidency of the United States of America on March 4, 1861, seven southern slave states had already succeeded from the Union form...

Lincoln's Addresses, An Analysis

This essay pertains to Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and the Gettysburg Address and what these three speeches tel...

Abraham and God's Covenant

This essay consists of five pages and focuses on the Chapters 13, 15, and 17 as they relate to Abraham's covenant with God and how...

Kenneth M. Stampp's And the War Came

only truths that earlier history books illustrated, and in Stampps book we get an even clear picture of the actual circumstances a...

US Civil War's Purpose

In six pages this paper assesses the Civil War's purpose within the context of Abraham Lincoln's observation 'I claim not to have ...

Southern Loyalty of General Robert E. Lee

years old. Light Horse Harry died in the Caribbean without ever seeing his family again. Roberts fortunes likely would have been ...

'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman

President Abraham Lincoln's assassination is examined within the context of this poem by Walt Whitman in five pages with imagery a...

Clairvoyance, Insanity, and the Life of Mary Todd Lincoln

This paper examines the life of Mary T. Lincoln, wife of US president Abraham Lincoln. The author discusses elements of her insan...

The Reconstruction Period of American History from 1865 until 1877

the emancipation of slaves (Burkart, n.d.). * Radical Republicans had another idea, those 11 states should be reverted to territor...

Civil War Era and Black Emancipation

repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...

Overcoming Slavery in the 1870s

This paper reviews key historical writings like Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln's campaign speeches and the 1848 Declaratio...

Emancipation Proclamation, The Debate

This essay summarizes the opposing views of Stephen B. Oates and Vincent Harding on the question of whether or not Abraham Lincoln...

The Characteristics of a Great Leader

This paper discusses the important qualities that define great leaders. The persuasive ability of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Ro...