The Legacy Of Abraham Lincoln

Across time, political leaders have often been remembered for their greatness by how they faced challenges than with what particular skills or abilities they had during their time in office. This statement is known to be true as political leaders are often expected to solve certain issues or challenges when in office and if their contributions benefit the state or country. Additionally, history books, records, and scholarly journals will take note of a leader’s response to challenges, how they are handled, and if the issue is solved more than whether they adequately used certain skills and abilities to solve the problem. In short, challenges, when faced, allow the political leaders to be remembered more so than their talents.

Abraham Lincoln, Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative, U.S. President, and lawyer is regarded as one of America’s most successful presidents due to his incredible impact on the nation, and his views on slavery and civil rights. Abraham Lincoln, also referred to by Honest Abe, had one of the hardest jobs a president can have and that is being a war-time leader. Despite the odds, Lincoln persevered through his rough childhood and found his way into politics and later became one of America’s greatest and most respected presidents, because of all the countless sacrifices he made for our country.

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President Abraham Lincoln was the leader of the United States for five years, yet he is often only remembered for leading the Union to victory in the Civil War and freeing the slaves in the process. These accomplishments go together and it is easy to assume part of, if not the entire reason for war was to end slavery. He is credited with freeing the slaves because of his emancipation proclamation. This eventually brings and end to the institution, but should we really credit this all to Lincoln? Was Lincoln the only one to recognize the moral issues with slavery and destroy it with one single blow? African Americans are overlooked when talking about their emancipation but they were some of the strongest advocates for the end to slavery

Every president left behind a legacy,but some stood out more than the others. It took me a very long time to pick just one president I thought was the best. I was debating on if I should do a more modern president like Bill Clinton,or a more older president like Abraham Lincoln. After thinking for quite a while, I decided on President Lincoln. Would you like to know why?

The quote that chose is “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward,” said by Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States and was known for leading the country through its civil war. By doing this, he preserved the Union to its natural state, strengthen the federal government, and modernized the economy. He also pushed the idea for the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Unfortunately, after the surrender of Robert E. Lee, he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865.

Abraham Lincoln is an American legacy that could be considered the best American president for preserving the union of the United States, emancipating slavery, and dying for what he believed in. These accomplishments are unbeaten by another American president.

“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” In other words Abraham Lincoln knew many were politically capable of showing achievements, and Abraham stated he may have come from a lower class family but with perseverance you can achieve it as well. Many were suspicious Lincoln will be a positive president, Abraham knew he could bring back prosperity to our nation, when our nation was going into burdensome situations, but with his proper guidance and determination our nation could unite as one again. I believe Lincoln did reunite our nation, with proper guidance. Abraham Lincoln has had an indisputable impact on American History, due to the First Continental Railroad, reuniting our Nations and the abolishment of slavery.

In chapter eight of the book Abraham Lincoln’s political legacy is looked at. It goes in depth on how during the Reconstruction, the republican party essentially ruined the South for twelve years by instituting puppet governments that constantly raised taxes but provided very few public benefits (7). This chapter talks also talks about how the republican party stole money from the raised taxes. It seems like the main goal for the government at this point was to become an empire under Abraham Lincoln and his business supporters. “Lincoln’s own Reconstruction ideas made a mockery of democracy (227). “He believed that at least 10 percent of the southern population probably had Unionist sympathies, and he wanted representatives of that group to be put into place by the Republican Party as the governors, mayors, and local public officials of the Southern states after the war” (227). Abraham Lincoln seems like he is trying to get all the power he can by taking control of the south and making them do certain duties after the war is over. Lincoln was trying to explore Central Government according to Richard Bensel (232).

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. He was raised by poor parents and received less than a year of formal education. He was mainly self-educated by reading a lot of books on his own. Lincoln was known for being an opponent of slavery. He was the 16th president of the United States and served from March 1861 until he was assassinated in April of 1865. His main accomplishments include leading the United States through the Civil War and abolishing slavery.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He was born in Hodgenville which is a small town in the northern part of Kentucky. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Thomas Lincoln was an American farmer and carpenter. He was born January 6, 1778 in Rockingham County Virginia and he died January 17, 1851, Coles County Illinois. His mother was born on February 5, 1784, in Hampshire County West Virginia. She died on October 5, 1818, in Spencer County Indiana from milk sickness. His parent married June 12, 1806. After Abe was named after his godfather who was killed by Native American in 1786. After he was born the family picked up and moved to a new cabin on Knob creek. In 1811 his mother Nancy gave birth to another boy Thomas but

Abraham Lincoln was president during the 1860 's .Some states in our country argued over slavery. The northern states fought the southern states in the Civil War. When the Civil ended ,Abraham

According to Martin Luther King Jr., “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals”. Slavery was a struggle that America had to overcome in the 1800s in order for America to progress. At the time, slaves were also going through hard times by getting separated from their families and going through excessive hard work on the plantations. Even though it was a struggle for the north, and the slaves, but not for the south since it was a benefit for them. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was put into the Presidential office and would have a major impact on our nation by affecting slavery forever.

Abraham Lincoln can be considered one of our nation’s greatest presidents. A main reason that Lincoln is so honored is because of the tremendous virtues he is said to have held. The number of qualities Lincoln possessed include integrity, strong self morals, confidence, ambition, and honesty, all of which assisted him in eventually become the sixteenth President of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln was the United States 16th President in 1861. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Lincoln, which freed slaves. According to the National Archives and Records Administration, “The proclamation declared, "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free” (Archives.gov). Despite the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, it paved the way for African-American to fight for freedom. It also changed the focus of war and freedom for slaves became a new focus of war.