Essay on Lincoln and Obama: Cut from the Same Cloth

President Barack Obama did many things to get to the positions he is at now.” Obama himself struggled with his mixed-race identity and sought to figure out how he fit in with the rest of the world”(Source B). He also had many problems growing up and many complications to get through school since he didn’t have much money. But Obama showed great appreciation for the things he had. He went out in his community becoming a great leader. Not only did he go out in his community and be a leader, But he showed great leadership, as a senate and as a president.Barack Obama was more than just an ordinary President, but he showed great leadership, hard work and cared for others than himself.

Lincoln ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois legislature in 1832. Two years later he was elected to the lower house for the first of four successive terms (until 1841) as a Whig. His membership in the Whig Party was natural. Lincoln's father was a Whig, and the party's ambitious program of national economic development was the perfect solution to the problems Lincoln had seen in his rural, hardscrabble Indiana past. His first platform (1832) announced that "Time and experience . . . verified . . . that the poorest and most thinly populated countries would be greatly benefitted by the opening of good roads, and in the clearing of navigable streams. . . . There cannot justly be any objection to having rail roads and canals."

In a few days Donald Trump will become our president of the United States. Between Obama and Trump they are so much different Obama is a whole different person from Trump. I realized so much in these two from their speeches they did,from the way they talk, body language, and how they act around the press. I realized and i always knew that Trump would never make a good president just from speech. I have always liked Obama he did amazing things for us, he changed so many things in the US i am glad he was our president.

Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy each began their political careers at an early age. Abraham Lincoln ran for the Illinois legislature in 1832 when he was just 23 years old but he was unsuccessful. However, two years later, he was elected to the Lower House for the first four successive terms as a Whig until 1841. Lincoln was married to Mary Todd Lincoln on November 4, 1842. In 1847 to 1949 Lincoln served as a member of the United States House of Representatives where he opposed the Mexican War. In 1854 there was a Kansas-Nebraska Act presented before Congress which would open lands previously closed to slavery to the possibility of its spread by local opinion. Lincoln strongly opposed slavery and viewed it as immoral so when the act passed in 1854 Lincoln was loosing interest in politics. In 1856 he joined the newly reformed Republican Party and two years later campaigned for the Senate against Douglas. Lincoln appeared with Douglas in seven debates. This was his first considerable national fame. However, he did not win the Senate seat. The democratic holdovers in the upper house elected Douglas. John F. Kennedy became involved in politics after World War II. In 1946 he was elected to the U.S. Congress, representing a district in greater Boston. He was a

Despite the disparity in the popularity ratings between the two presidents, John Adams and Abraham Lincoln are both indispensable figures in American history. In times of crisis, both of these men made big, consequential decisions to keep the country from falling apart. However, while Lincoln is commemorated for abolishing slavery and leading the Union in the Civil War, John Adams is remembered for the mistakes of his presidency—the Alien and Sedition Acts he issued that took away certain constitutional rights endowed to the American people. Both presidents thought they were doing what was necessary at the time to keep the United States from falling apart, but the contrasting approaches they used left opposite impressions. This can be contributed to the fact that almost all aspects of their lives, personal and professional, were opposite. So, while both presidents essentially did the same thing in saving America from falling apart, their reputations are so different now because of the way their lives and situations influenced the decisions they made.

“My President Was Black” written by Ta-Nahesi Coates has many arguments between Coates and the former president Barack Obama. They both had many differences and similarities throughout this passage. Barack Obama is the only black man that could of have pulled of the job of being President in this racist “White America”. The reason why he pulled it off is because of his great personality, the way he sees the United States as a whole and his policies. I believe in this because in “ My President Was Black” there is many evidence that can prove my fact about Barack Obama.

Chapter four summarizes Lincolns agenda and how he worked. He was dedicated to the whig agenda, which included things like “protectionism, government control of the money supply through a nationalized banking system, and government subsidies for railroad shipping, and canal-building businesses”(54). Lincoln aslo went by Henry Clays way of thinking, who was Lincolns idol forever. He adopted his American System, which economist have a different word for calling it, “Mercantilism”(56). The nations banking was always apart of this agenda.

Lincoln’s administration represents the height of presidential power during the first century under the constitution. The exigencies of the Civil War demanded that Lincoln wield a range of powers unlike any the county had ever witness, and many of his enemies accused him of taking on dictatorial or tyrannical powers. He however felt it was his duty to save the Union by whatever means necessary.

Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln were born during very different times. They both were known as great leaders during their time in power. They are both seen as hero's to this day by some. The men have a great amount of things about them in common, but they also have a few differences. Julius Caesar was born in Rome in 100B.C. He grew up and joined the military asa young man. During is time in the military he became known as one of the worlds greatest military leaders. He was a man that liked to voice his opinion on the government's corruption. Which led him to his start in a career in politics. After becoming a dictator with a great amount of power, he wanted to help the poor people. So his solution was to take the rich people's

The two speeches I will be comparing are Donald Trump’s Victory Speech and Lincoln's second Inaugural Address. I notice that these speeches are very similar and also very different in a couple ways. One of the ways that they are similar is the speeches were made by two very determined people. They both had something they believed in. Trump wanted the people to support him and help make the country better than before, and Abe worked to help resolve the Civil War. I know Trump is a very determined guy but the people don’t respect him as the president yet because of some of the disrespectful comments toward the people. They both want or wanted to reach out to the people.

To begin, with Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860,but know one thought that he’d be one of America’s most influential presidents. Even with many obstacles in his presidency he still succeed and became one of America’s best. Even with a shortened second term Lincoln was still more accomplished then some with a full eight years.

Over time there has been alot of president's that has been in and out of the white house. Some of the president's have done a great job in office some president's didn't do so good in the white house. People in general have all sorts of different opinions on president's some people may say one president was the best while another person may disagree. In my opinion out of all the president's there is a man named Abraham Lincoln who i think was one of the greatest president's of all time. One of are president's in the present who i think does not do a very good job in office is president Barack Obama. There are a lot of reason's why i put these two in the catogories i did and in my essay i am going to explain this reasoning behind my

Being president probably isn’t the easiest job. Here are some of my views on President Trump and Obama. There are many comparisons and differentiations between them. One being Trump wanting to get rid of programs, for example DACA for his budget plan, while Obama started it to help out, yet they both had the same idea to make the country better.

So far Lincoln has lived out the life I thought he would. One thing that surprised me was that he wasn’t home very often and often times his wife and children went weeks without seeing him while he was trying to gain votes all around the United States. This was surprising because I thought Lincoln would be a family man whose main focus would be his children. Another characteristic that surprised me was the fact that Abraham was considered to be quiet and shy. He liked to talk and voice his opinions, however he had to be coaxed into it. Once he became more comfortable with speaking he drew crowds all around the United States of people who wanted to listen to him speak. This surprised me because Lincoln is known for having very influential speeches

President Barack Obama is a name known around the world thanks to his political triumphs and historical presidency. He has an extensive educational background and has a strong political resume to match. In the book Reading Obama by James Kloppenberg, Kloppenberg not only applauded President Obama’s educational journey as a means to developing the necessary skills to be a leader, but also viewed Obama as an intellectual and philosophical president which he believes are unique characteristics only present in a minority of American historians. Kloppenberg uses Obama’s own publications, such as his published books as well as issues of the Harvard Law Review, as an analytical tool to develop what he believes is Obama’s political philosophy.