During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas were two men who forever changed America. We were two of their time’s most influential men. Through their strong and inspiring speeches, they have been able to change American minds and contribute to better society and people’s welfare. Douglas advocated for black civil rights through persuasive talks, while Lincoln was communicating with the Confederate States more respectfully and peacefully for reconciliation. Both people had very different agendas but shared the same desire to make America better for everyone.
Lincoln was born into a poor family farm and had very little schooling. But from the very humble beginning, he grew to become America’s 16th president shortly before the beginning of the civil war. His success stems largely from leading the nation through the civil war and changing the American people’s mindset at that time. He’s a self-educated lawyer, but a professional military strategist and articulate leader. For the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln is established and remembered.
The election of 1860 was among four candidates: John Breckenridge, a Democrat, John Bell, Constitutional Union Party, Stephen Douglas, a Democrat, and Abraham Lincoln, a Republican from the North. When election day came and all votes were in Douglas had twelve electoral votes, Bell had thirty-nine, Breckenridge with seventy-two, and in the lead, Lincoln had … Read more
In his article, “The Emancipation Proclamation: Bill of Lading or Ticket to Freedom,” Allen Guelzo introduces the three most controversial questions regarding the Emancipation Proclamation and then provides his support against the questions. There were some controversial questions that Guelzo addresses such as: Why did Lincoln take so long? Why is it so incomplete? And … Read more
1. What were the main secondary causes of the Civil War? In the year 1860, the people of America believed that they were happiest and luckiest people across the globe however, the Civil War brought in a new era in the history of America the importance of the result is that it brought slavery in … Read more
3. Legends Use the two legends you found in your research. Summarize each legend. (Based on? ) St. Patrick: To most people, St. Patrick is the man who brought a day of good times and green beer to pubs across the world. In reality, St. Patrick wasn’t made a saint until centuries after his death … Read more
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Lincoln entered office at a critical period in U. S. history, just before the Civil War, and died from an assassin’s bullet at the war’s end, but before the greater implications of the conflict could be resolved. He brought to the office personal integrity, intelligence, and … Read more
Stephen B. Oates is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of eight other books, including The Fires of Jubilee and To Purge This Land with Blood. His task in this biography was to perpetuate Lincoln as he was in the days he lived. His purpose of this biography … Read more
The issue of slavery became the over-riding cause of sectionalism, which inturn lead to the Civil War. This was validated by historians like James M M. Mcpherson Slavery is central to the creation of sections. and, to a degree, B. Catton It [Slavery] was not the cause of the war but unquestionably the one cause … Read more
Leadership applies first of all to the performance of leaders. This is undoubtedly one of life’s most critical things. Leadership has above all contributed to the development of human society. No company or community will succeed without good leadership. Not everybody has this price, moreover. It is because successful leadership requires certain essential features. First … Read more
The American Civil War was one of the largest in world history. The number of American lives lost in this war had never been heard of, nor has it been. The fighting that took place tore our nation apart and we still feel the effects 135 years later. This war is so widely written about, … Read more