...(Text 149). The decision pleased the Southerners, however, the Northerners was upset (Text 149). The next incident was the John Brown’s Raid, John Brown was an abolitionist. In 1859, Brown and his followers ceased an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and attempted to create an uprising of slaves (lecture December 1). However, his attempt was unsuccessful, and his groups were hanged. The incident led the Southerners to think that John Brown was supported by the Republican Party, which was also a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, while Northerners saw him as a hero. The last notable effect of the Act was the birth of the Republican Party which supported the abolish of slavery. Therefore, with the victory of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, Southerners decided to secede from the...
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...___________________________ LIVING HISTORY Hillary Rodham Clinton Simon & Schuster New York • London • Toronto • Sydney • Singapore To my parents, my husband, my daughter and all the good souls around the world whose inspiration, prayers, support and love blessed my heart and sustained me in the years of living history. AUTHOR’S NOTE In 1959, I wrote my autobiography for an assignment in sixth grade. In twenty-nine pages, most half-filled with earnest scrawl, I described my parents, brothers, pets, house, hobbies, school, sports and plans for the future. Forty-two years later, I began writing another memoir, this one about the eight years I spent in the White House living history with Bill Clinton. I quickly realized that I couldn’t explain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning―how I became the woman I was that first day I walked into the White House on January 20, 1993, to take on a new role and experiences that would test and transform me in unexpected ways. By the time I crossed the threshold of the White House, I had been shaped by my family upbringing, education, religious faith and all that I had learned before―as the daughter of a staunch conservative father and a more liberal mother, a student activist, an advocate for children, a lawyer, Bill’s wife and Chelsea’s mom. For each chapter, there were more ideas I wanted to discuss than space allowed; more people to include than could be named; more places visited than could be described...
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