Category: Abraham Lincoln

Introduction: Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan are two Republican presidents who left an indelible mark on American history. Despite living in different eras, both leaders embodied the core principles of the Republican Party and played instrumental roles in shaping the nation. In this essay, we will compare and contrast the lives, political careers, leadership styles,…

Introduction: Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1861, during a tumultuous period in American history, is a masterful example of persuasive rhetoric. With the nation on the brink of civil war, Lincoln’s speech aimed to unify the country and provide a vision for the future. This essay will conduct a rhetorical analysis of…

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever, is a nonfiction historical narrative and recount of Abraham Lincoln’s murder in 1865. This book was written and published by Bill OReilly and Martin Dugard. It has a total of 336 pages. The author describes the events leading up to Abraham Lincolns assassination and the hunt…

While several presidents died while in office, not many presidents have been assassinated. A surprising number became the target of assassination plots, but just four were assassinated: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Over the years, people have noted some striking similarities between the two most famous presidents on that…

Refusing to leave the only world they know, spirits are unable to move on through the Bardo to the next step in the cycle of life, creating a recurring theme of the desire for immortality tainting reality in George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo. They are held back by their regrets of things they left…

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis are very similar in many ways and very different in many ways as well. Davis was president of the Confederacy and Lincoln was president of the United States of America. The topic involving Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis is so much talked about in America that it has become a…

As a little boy growing up in Washington, Stephen L. Carter spent many happy hours in a room upstairs, poring over his fathers trove of books about Abraham Lincoln. Of special interest was Carl Sandburgs massive biography of his fellow Illinoisan, full of stories about the 16th president, his folksy ways and, later, his conduct…

This paper covers Abraham Lincolns life including his humble beginnings and his greatest achievements. This essay does not go deep in depth into his life, but touches on his most important accomplishments that I have found to be admirable. Sources include various online articles deemed as credible sources such as History.com and other .org websites…

Lincolns stance on emancipation and slavery were clear. As Divine makes known in the text, Lincoln had long believed slavery was an unjust institution that should be tolerated only to the extent that the Constitution and the tradition of sectional compromise required. (Divine, et al., 340) Lincolns commitment to that ideal, also, is clear: Lincoln…

Abraham Lincoln is one of those individuals whose stature is so large that he has become engulfed in mythmyth that often replaces reality. In poll after poll, the man who died on April 15, 1865, has consistently been ranked by historians and the American people as our greatest president. Both political parties claim to represent…