...Alex McKirgan DATE \@ "d MMMM y" 17 December 2014 Is Lincoln deserving of the title “Great Emancipator” In 1863, Abraham Lincoln passed both Emancipation Proclamations in Congress which saw the abolition of slavery. Many would refer to Lincoln as the “Great Emancipator” because of his role in the passing of such a profound bill and a common belief by many is that Lincoln was in favour of the abolition of slavery right from the beginning. However, there is much evidence to show that Lincoln was not opposed to slavery given his his support for the Crittenden Doctrine, which restricted the ability for Congress to ever intervene with slavery. In addition to this, Lincoln was paralysed as President as any substantive opposition to Slavery could see another wave of secession of the border and Southern states. Lincoln was not the only factor which lead to the Emancipation Proclamation being passed. There was the role of Congress in allowing the bill to pass and the role of the slaves themselves for making the abolition of Slavery a Union war aim. This essay will explore the roles played by these three factors and then deduce whether Lincoln is deserving of this title. It can be argued by many that the main reason why the thirteenth amendment was passed was because of the role of the slaves at the time. The civil war created a chaotic scene across the border and Southern states which allowed many slaves to flee to the North as refugees. Despite Northern racism and bigotry...
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...1863 for that happened during Reconstruction. This essay will examine the new birth of freedom. On December 8, 1863, President Lincoln offered a preliminary plan to reunite Confederate states with the Union. The Civil War, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, brought to America "a new birth of freedom." President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."By the war's end it was already clear that Reconstruction would bring far-reaching changes in Southern society and a redefinition of the place of blacks in American life. This is important because the expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal Border States. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and imagination of millions of Americans and fundamentally transformed the character of the war. After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union...
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...Thematic Essay Practice – Reform Movements US History/Napp Name: __________________ From the August 2004 New York States Regents/ U.S. History & Government THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion. Theme: Reform Movements Task: Some suggestions you might wish to consider include the abolitionist movement, Populist movement, Progressive movement, women’s rights movement, civil rights movement, and the labor movement. Gathering the Facts: 1- The Abolitionist Movement • “The goal of the abolitionist movement was the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation. • Advocating for immediate emancipation distinguished abolitionists from more moderate anti-slavery advocates who argued for gradual emancipation, and from free-soil activists who sought to restrict slavery to existing areas and prevent its spread further west. • Radical abolitionism was partly fueled by the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening, which prompted many people to advocate for emancipation on religious grounds. • Abolitionist ideas became increasingly prominent in Northern churches and politics beginning in the 1830s, which contributed to the regional animosity between North and South leading up to the...
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...the text. The purpose of this format is to enable the reader to find the information her or himself, or to check the accuracy of the information. When quoting, paraphrasing, or citing significant information or significant claims you should cite within the text. For example: Alexander observed (20) that “For more than one hundred years, scholars have written about the illusory nature of the Emancipation Proclamation.” You do not have to write out On page 20 Alexander observed that “For more than……. (See Writing Tips) Remember Stiglitz tends to be a very organized and structured writer, after the main premise is stated, he then substantiates his argument, elaborating his claims with examples and illustrations. In Chapters 5, 6, and 7 Stiglitz argues that moneyed interests (the top 1%) get their way in several battlegrounds that are related to the distribution of the economic pie; battles in the political arena, in the battle to establish perceptions of economic reality, and the battle over the laws and regulations that govern the economy. Write a 5 pages (or more) essay in which you summarize what you feel to be the most salient points...
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...April 27th, 2014 Political Science American Government Civil Rights Essay On November 19, 1863 Abraham Lincoln made a speech known as the Gettysburg Address to multiple people to address the public. Lincoln’s comments that day, however, embraced only a brief moment in the cemetery’s dedication. Lincoln attempted to give meaning to the events at Gettysburg, indeed to the Civil War itself, by speaking about the principles for which he believed the Union stood. Lincoln states that our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the intention that all men are created equal. Then on another note goes into stating that we are now in a great Civil War which is testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so devoted, can long tolerate. He wants to make notice that we are not on a great battle-field of that war, because we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as not for war but more for a final resting place; a resting place for those who gave their lives that the nation might live. Lincoln wants people to realize that our fathers have said that we are all men created in equal, which means we should be as a whole. In 1776, the United States was a new country with a different kind of political philosophy. It was known as “The Great Experiment” because it ventured into new ground and no one knew if such a government could survive. Lincoln testes the idea whether the united States were founded on liberty...
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...Read MLK's "I Have a Dream" in the appendix of your text and answer the following: 1. Provide 3 examples of metaphors. Explain what two things, situations, etc. are being compared for each example. "This momentous decree came as a beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves" He is saying that due to the Emancipation Proclamation there is a chance of hope for the millions of Negros who suffered through slavery. "It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity" He is describing the freedom after the many years of slavery. "the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination" He is saying that segregation and discrimination still bound African Americans to inequality to a society that promised equal opportunities" 2. If you were at the Mall in Washington in 1963, how do you imagine you would have felt after hearing this speech? What might you have been inspired to do? View the persuasive speech on ending child abuse in MyCommunicationLab. (student resources on left-Alternative Media-List of persuasive speeches-Mandatory Minimums If I were to hear this speech it would have definitely inspired me to fight 'to strive for the equality of African Americans. He would have moved me through that speech just from the passion and intensity he displayed when giving the speech. 3. How did she create cognitive dissonance? 4. What was her specific purpose? 5. Name and explain three areas for...
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...February 18, 2014 * Abraham Lincoln * Self-made * Elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1834 and served 4 consecutive terms * Won election 1860 * Issues the Emancipation Proclamation * Changes the very nature of war, giving it a completely new objective * Conciliation was no longer an option * Represented a move toward total war * Challenged by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War * The Federal Home Front * Challenges: * North don’t want to fight * No real cause * Diverse population * Resources to win; find the will to win * Potentially more dangerous secret pro-southern knights of the Golden Circle * Resources: * 20 million people * 110000 manufacturing * 22000 miles of railroad * Politics: * Increasingly polarized with the radical republicans * Particularly challenging to Lincoln – election of 1862 * George McClellan, challenged Lincoln is 1864 election * Social Life * Farming during the war * 1862 – authorized a transcontinental railroad * Westward expansion * Women and children assumed responsibilities * Build organizations to help soldiers’ suffering * Disease can be prevented by basic sanitation * Wartime Life * North’s industrial and economic might became centralized...
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...STUDENT: PLATON OANA MADALINA SA I TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………… p.3 2. THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA……….. p.4 3. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ……………………………………..p.7 "From a genuine abolition point of view, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull and indifferent, but measuring him by the sentiment of his country - a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to discuss - he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined." Frederick Douglass, 1876 source? 1. INTRODUCTION He survived the tragedy and depression to become America's Greatest President. He had the courage to destroy slavery, but he took a Civil War and the loss of 600,000 lives; his beliefs cost him his life, but without him the United States of America would not exist today. Abraham Lincoln, America's model hero, was a man whose courage saved the nation from destruction. His early life was poor and brutal; he was born on the 12th of February 1809 in a one room cabin in rural Kentucky, a frontier state of America. His family were farmers, he was the first of his family to read; Abraham Lincoln was different to from his friends. The young Lincoln was a child of induce curiosity, he loved to hear people, gave well crafted, well delivered speeches. He would often go to places where such speeches were being made; he memorized parts of them and he would...
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...for some sort of action. Throughout the Civil War, and even after, Lincoln was very kind and forgiving to southerners. He kept in mind the greater good and strived for the reunion of the nation, rather than becoming angry toward the South. As he stated in a speech at the Gettysburg military cemetery, Lincoln wanted a “government of the people, by the people, for the people, (that) shall not perish from the earth.” After the Civil War, Lincoln urged the South to put away their weapons, and rejoin the Union. One of Abraham Lincoln’s truly noble and well-known actions was the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. This would proclaim all the slaves in the United States free from slavery. Though this meant little to the South at the time, it means everything today. Any American resident, and hopefully anyone in the world can appreciate Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Without it, our country wouldn’t demonstrate the same sense of freedom and equality it currently does. All people of minorities especially would regard Lincoln’s...
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...Leslie Rogers Pol-201-w2 11/30/2014 Book Review The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views (Social, Political, Iconographic) Historian James McPherson was known to call the Emancipation Proclamation the second Revolution of the United States. This not only set slaves free but it took a step towards ending the unjustified bondage of man in America. Lincoln may never have known the true impact of his actions or the legacy he left behind but he changed a nation and a world. After reading most of this book and feedback from others would have read much more into the subject I have a different view of the political game that had to be played in order for everything to work out. In the book it takes you step by step into Lincoln’s actions in relation to the civil war being fought. The careful planning and timing of releasing the proclamation at the right moment in the war ensured it be meet with the least resistant’s from the union and have a greater negative effect on the Confederate states. It also had to be timed properly to have the proper effect of redefining the Effort of the war. I believe politics to be a game of strategy and competition of mental endurance. In my opinion Lincoln freed the slaves in order to win the war and to serve as a humanitarian milestone in history. He was once quoted in saying, “and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I...
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...COURSE: COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS COURSE CODE: BSLA 153 LEVEL: 100 GROUP: ONE LECTURER: D.S.K. OGORDOR OUTLINE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’S “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH 1. Participation in a demonstration for freedom. 2. The Emancipation Proclamation signed a century ago. a) The decree as a sign to end the longsuffering of the Negro. 3. A century later, the Negroes are still being stigmatized. 4. The passing of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence presented Americans with rights and privileges. a) Negroes were prohibited from enjoying these rights and privileges. b) The Negroes insisted on their rights and privileges. 5. A time to end stigmatization. a) a time for blacks and whites to unite b) Negroes will not rest until they get equal rights and freedom as whites. i. They must not adopt negative means in achieving freedom 6. The Negroes should not mistrust all whites since some support their struggle for justice. 7. Staying focused on the quest for justice. a) Satisfaction will be attained when there is justice in every state 8. People who have encountered mistreatments should not give up in their struggle for freedom a) There is an assurance for change 9. A dream for a for a better future a) There will be unity in all parts of the country. b) There will be equal rights and privileges everywhere. c) The faith and hope for freedom. 10. A song of true freedom 11. The reign of...
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...slave owners needed to take now that it was put into law, ie; now slave owners would receive monetary compensation from the state to free their slaves. This idea to free all slaves did take some time to accomplished, first President Lincoln had to convince members of Congress and also he needed to convince himself that what he was about to do was in fact the right decision. Lincoln had no doubt about the wisdom and justice of the emancipation itself. He speculated that proclaiming emancipation might reinvigorate northern support for the war, help forestall European recognition of the Confederacy, and further undermine the rebellion by attracting more slaves to Union lines. But he was not sure that proclaiming emancipation in the unoccupied areas of the Confederacy would free all that many slaves. And yet, on January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The document was not a lengthy one, it contained about seven hundred words, making it more straight forward to understand if the people had knowledge of his previous preliminary proclamation. The readers were reminded of Lincoln’s promise to emancipate all slaves in areas still in rebellion, he also promised to deploy Union armed forces to maintain the freedom of such persons. Neither the army...
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...Alyssa Castorena History 17B Dr. Manian 28 March 2016 Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington was born onto a slave plantation in the year 1858 or 1859. He was born in Franklin County, Virginia in an extremely small cabin that housed his mother and siblings. Washington never knew of his father, just that he was one of the white men who may have lived at one of the nearby plantations. Even though his father was never in the picture and had no desire to raise him, Washington never felt any bitterness for his father because he felt that his father was “simply another unfortunate victim of the Nation.” (Washington, 4) The cabin had no glass windows, barely a door, and no beds. They all slept on a bundle of dirty rags on the hard, wood floor. There was also no stove at the cabin, or even anywhere at the plantation. Still with no stove, Washington’s mother was the plantation cook and had to do all the cooking for the whites in the “big house” and all the slaves. She did this by cooking over an open fireplace, which in a way, aided them in the winter since it brought warmth to their cabin, but exhausted them in the summer because of the blistering summer heat. Most of Washington’s childhood was spent cleaning the plantation and hard labor, such as giving water to the men working out in the fields, or going to the mill to have the corn ground. His childhood was definitely not one that one would call “normal.” He was a slave and he knew it. But, he also knew that...
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...I only learned today that "contraband" during the Civil War referred to runaway slaves who were liberated when they appeared in Union military camps. This was about the time of the Emancipation Proclamation. President Lincoln was hesitant to make the war about human rights, knowing that if he did, states that had slaves and were loyal to the Union, would join the Confederacy if they believed their right to hold slaves was threatened. However, when approximately 600,000 slaves escaped to Union territories and army camps, the military leaders had to decide whether to keep them or send them back to their owners. Most decided to keep them, and declared that they were "contraband," seized during a military encounter. Many of these former slaves joined the Union cause to fight against the South. Ultimately, the Emancipation Proclamation was finally adopted, freeing all slaves taken during military defeats of the enemy; states that were a part of the Union freed their slaves; and, the passage of the 13th Amendment outlawed the keeping of slaves. With the information above, "contraband" had new meaning for me when I read Louisa May Alcott's "My Contraband," also known as "The Brothers." Ms. Alcott was a staunch abolitionist and feminist. She actually served as a nurse in a Union hospital in Georgetown in D.C. for several weeks. In light of this, the story takes on implications of possibly being a story that did or could have actually occurred, something she might have observed...
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...Thoughts On Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Powerful Impact Right off the bat, Abraham Lincoln is letting us know exactly what he believes and where he stands. He’s telling us that this great nation was originally formed with the idea of liberty and equality among men in mind. President Lincoln was a man of great integrity and passion. His words moved most people of his time and still, to this day, move most us when we read his words. Yet, right now--as I type this, racism and inequality still exist. There’s still a subliminal civil war going on--but it’s not as cut-and-dry as North versus South. This prejudice hovers just above and slinks just below. We hardly notice it and like the first round of an alarm clock--we simply hit the snooze button, preventing the inevitable. Wake Up! The only thing that can destroy mankind is man not being kind. Yes, I just made that up. I’m listening to instrumental jazz and drinking Pinot Noir right now and it just came to me. I have two young children who are peacefully sleeping in their beds, yet I fear for their future. How do I combat that fear? I dedicate my energy to teaching my children to be self-sufficient, thoughtful, generous, sensitive, strong individuals. Not very easy--but I shall never give up. It’s not in my nature to give up. I’ve always been a fighter. Many people gave their lives for this country and I do not take that lightly. There is so much blood in the dirt that it makes me sad. It drags me down, and when I get to...
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