...Ford’s Theater: Just or Unjust? Imagine enjoying a play on a regular evening with your family. Next thing you know, the person next to you is dead and chaos breaks out. Abraham Lincolin was assassinated mainly because of his actions and beliefs. Lincoln was well known as a fighter against slavery. He became the 16th president of the United States in 1860. He was also a military leader during the civil war and issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves in the Confederate States (History.com). Abraham Lincoln's’ assassination was unjustified because he was an honest, role model to many,equal manbelieved in equality, and a was a revolutionary leader; however others many believed that thought he was a rebel too rebellious....
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...Have you ever taken the time to think about how much Abraham Lincoln evolved this country. Well, he has done many things including stopping one of the worst issues of his time, racial inequality. Unfortunately he was assassinated in April 15, 1865 by a man that goes by the name of John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was assassinated because of his beliefs that slavery was amiss and because the south feared that he would snatch their slaves. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was unjust because he fought for equal citizenship, and he fought for peace between the union and confederacy; however a few people have argued that Lincoln possessed slaves. Do you ever sit down and take the time to think about why someone would kill such a great and honorable president. Murder is never an option, even if you really despise the person. Lincoln was a very approved man in the north, but in the south it was quite the adverse, but because there was a significant amount of citizens in the north he won the popular vote and that caused a lot of the southern rebels to break down with frustration. Lincoln was a very joyous man married to his lovely wife, Marie Todd and their four boys. Unfortunately there was a guy that was evil enough to take this great...
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...The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was unjust because Lincoln was an amazing leader and one of the renown presidents to date, he brought a nation together after a war, was incredibly articulate, as shown by the Gettysburg Address, and created the Emancipation Proclamation which led to the freedom of slaves. However, his assassin, John Wilkes Booth, killed him because he believed the Confederacy would commend him. Lincoln’s assassination happened in 1865 at Ford’s Theater after Booth failed to kidnap him prior to the Confederacy’s downfall. One of the most of atrocious assassinations had happened in the most ironic of areas. The original intention was to use captured Confederate leaders as a ransom for Lincoln but he did not show up where Booth had been ready to take him. The idea was to save the Confederacy by killing Lincoln, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State to gain the advantage over the Union. On the night of the murder, Booth snuck into Lincoln’s box. Booth was a famous actor which is why he was able to get into the box so easily. After he was shot, Lincoln was said to be, “slumped in his chair, paralyzed, and struggling to breathe” (http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination)....
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...“Letters from Birmingham Jail”. Allusion is a rhetorical strategy that refers to something real or fictional, to someone, some event, etc. The authors use allusion in the text to advance their purpose. In the speech “The Gettysburg Address”, Abraham Lincoln alludes to Revolutionary War in the first few words “Four score and seven years ago”. Alluding to our Founding Fathers during the Revolutionary...
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...Northern abolitionists wanted to end all slavery in the South. Not only did the Northerners believe that slavery was morally wrong, but they also wanted to end it simply because they didn't need the slaves. In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the Novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to express how wicked and unjust slavery was. Of course, the Northerners supported this novel, while the South rejected it. On the other hand, the South was in favor of slavery, as they needed it in order to run their plantations. The Southerners knew that if slavery were to be abolished, their economy would take a...
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...To define civil disobedience is first and foremost, to understand the ultimate goal of such an act as well as to define what dictates laws to be just or unjust. Is the ultimate goal the need for power and/or the need for peace? How does one decide what dictates just or unjust laws. Is it conscience alone, moral conviction or just a blatant abuse of power? The concept of morality in its goal either way, must be questioned. The moral divide that can occur in fighting a cause is full of variables. The division between the moral convictions of one’s conscience can collide with man’s law and injustice. One constant variable will always remain, and that, is the pursuit of one’s ultimate goal. “A simplistic definition of civil disobedience provides...
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...Abraham Lincoln Responses to Moderator’s Questions “What is your opinion regarding the Compromise of 1850?” “Well, I feel that the Compromise was an excellent decision for Mr. Clay to make. Not only did it resolve many issues that had come to divide the North and the South, but it was also beneficial for both.” “Do you feel the Compromise of 1850 was beneficial?” “Yes, both the North and the South benefited from it. The North gained California as a free state, the South gained no slave restrictions in both Utah and New Mexico territories, such was to be decided by popular sovereignty. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington D.C. but slaveholding in the area was allowed. Texas loses the boundary dispute with New Mexico but gains 10 million dollars. All in all, the Compromise was fair and giving to everyone in the Union.” “What are your feelings on Popular Sovereignty and the consequences that have resulted from it, such as Bleeding Kansas?” “Popular Sovereignty may have been created for the people and by the people, but it does not help the people. It unconstitutional and has sparked many violent and chaotic results that have only helped to divide our nation further. Bleeding Kansas is perhaps the most obvious of these violent consequences. Not only did Bleeding Kansas present that our nation had divided into two, a North and South, it provoked the two sides into a state of war. With good hearted men from the same House fighting against each other over something as a little...
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...Atticus represents Lincoln’s beliefs by not giving up the fight. In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln challenges the american people to continue the civil war so that the men who have died will not die in vain. Atticus tells his children something similar. Atticus tells them that even if you know you will lose, you must try your best for justice. In the book, Scout says this, “Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.”(Lee 266). This shows us that Atticus does his best to uphold justice for Tom Robinson against racism. Tom Robinson’s verdict did not represent the ideas expressed by Lincoln. He was convicted because he was black. Under the 14th amendment, Tom Robinson should have equal protection under the law and in the poem it says that “justice is a blind goddess.” In this case it was not. Tom got the guilty verdict because he was black. "Atticus, you must be wrong.... How's that? Well, most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong....”(Lee 178). This shows how people...
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...From 1963 to modern day, 2015, Martin Luther King serves as a monumental figure of justice, as he fought for the equality of men that defines our society today. His courageous actions sent him willingly to jail yet did not stop his ambition for equality. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, King uses rhetorical devices of ethos, logos, and pathos to persuade the Clergymen and the American public that the severity of unjust treatment of blacks has reached its breaking point, and justice must come now. As King writes his piece from prison, he must establish himself credibility, proving himself worthy of the clergymen’s time and ears. Throughout the piece, King uses ethos to give himself credit on the topic of racial injustice. He begins...
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...John Nix Kevin Thomas Harrel His 105 Section 28 8 December 2009 The Formation of the Confederacy: An Inevitable Occurrence When looking at the history of the United States it is necessary to look at our past in two separate halves: the first half being everything before the Civil War and the second half being everything after the Civil War. With this being said, it can be reasonably argued that the Civil War is one of the most critical events to every happen in our country’s rich history. The devastating war took over half a million American lives in just a little over four years. This tragic event in history, up until Vietnam, claimed more American lives than any other war (Rubin 11). In hindsight it is clear that this war should have been avoided at all cost but during the late 1800’s the tension was so high and hostile that the war was inevitable. Sectionalism had increased so much during that period that even citizens thought of their country divided into two halves, being the North and the South. Each section considered themselves as right and proper while the other as ridiculous and wrong. These tensions kept building until the thought of secession became not a question of if but rather a question of when. According to Cole C. Kingseed, author of The American Civil War, the seeds of the Civil War can be planted as early as the Constitutional Convention of 1787. By the time of the convention five states had already abolished slavery, which made the southern states...
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...As president Abraham Lincoln once said that “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Reflecting on his 1860 presidential election win, Lincoln once made the distinction between the fundamental wrongdoing of violating the Constitution in the name of justice and violating those who sought to manipulate it. By illustrating the need for discerning whether Constitutional powers are being abused or not, Lincoln underscored one of the many reasons for needing a system of checks and balances that is also enforced by the people, both in his time, and ours today. From the top of the political hierarchy to the bottom, all officials...
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...women would want to explore the country and leave the plantation life. Even though the North had accomplished many technological advancements, the South rapidly produced raw material that was manufactured (Robert Higgs, Ten Reasons Not to Abolish Slavery, www.fee.org). Abolishing slavery would cause the Southern economy to crumble. Moreover, Southerners claimed that if slaves were freed after many years of working under the power of upper class privileged citizens, chaos would ensue because unemployment and apprehension of mixed racial social classes would follow. It was thought that this would cause rebellions, massacres and anarchy. The South had advanced the argument that because the Greeks, Romans and English all had slaves, it would be unjust to force America to abolish it. In addition, since the Constitution states that an individual’s property cannot be confiscated by the Government and slaves were viewed as property, abolishing slavery would be unlawful (The Southern Argument for Slavery,...
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...Racism has been around in our nation since the start of it. It has plagued our nation harshly. Since the 1700s when our forefathers have founded our nation in the form of slavery. It all was supposed to get better when Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves in the 1860s. In which it did. The African Americans were no longer slaves to the Caucasians. However, they faced a new challenge in the form of segregation. Segregation is defined in the dictionary as the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment. Segregation was horrible in America after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. JIm Crow laws were made halting the expansion of the African American influence on America. There were laws that...
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...to create logical reasoning that is supported by sources and give his claims more credibility. He supports his logical reasoning that he is allowed to break some laws because laws are unjust and just. He uses the definition of unjust and just laws by Christian philosophers. Therefore he can break the unjust laws because they are laws that are “out of harmony with the moral law (or the law of God as mentioned in the previous sentence).” He, also, refutes the logic used in “A Call for Unity”. They say that because the action of peaceful protest precipitates violence it should be condemned. He asks, “Isn’t this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery?” He is appealing to the logical reasoning of the reader and also rejecting the logical appeals of his...
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...executed by the United States federal government. Her crime was suspected involvement in the first United States President assassination. This is better known as President Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth. But how much did she really know about the scheme? Was she an accomplice to Booth, like many others including her son, or was she an innocent bystander who accidently got involved with assassins? Many people have heard of the John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln’s shooter, but few have heard of the people behind the scenes of the assassination. Some of the people suspected to be involved included Lewis...
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