The Gettysburg Address: Why, What Happened?
The Gettysburg Address: Why, how and what happened?
On November 19, 1863, during the Civil War of the United States, a speech was held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery, a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address which the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since and have had a huge impact on the people and the history of the United States. My intention with this essay is to give a wider understanding on why the speech happened and just what impact it has had on the country.
So what was the events leading up …show more content…
The northerner had been a loud voice against the slavery that took place (mostly) in the south and with him winning the election, there was a lot of opposition from slavery-advocates. Lincoln was against slavery and with the possibility of his end-goal being the abolishment of slavery seven states where already done leaving the union before Lincoln had taken his place in the Oval Office. The Confederate states of America had been formed and it was composed of the pro-slavery states in the south. However, even though people in the north believed that the states could leave if they wanted to, Lincoln chose not to accept the departures and believed the action to be against the constitution. Disputes and crises took place around the split and this would soon have escalated into a full scale war between the south and the north. The war started in April 1861 , with The Confederacy attacking a fort belonging to the U.S., and would last until 1865. Claiming 620 000 …show more content…
In this short speech, Lincoln shared his idea that the Declaration of Independence contained the true intent that the founding fathers had for America. People had argued that it was permitted by the Constitution to own slaves but Lincoln now proposed that it instead went against one of the main themes of the Declaration of Independence, “That all men are created equal” . Since the Declaration of Independence was made to shape the United States, having slaves went against the will of the founding fathers and it was this message that would eventually make the speech as important as we know it now to be. The idea that The Declaration of Independence contained the true will of the founding fathers was, by Lincoln, put into contrast with how the society of that time went against these
On November 19, 1863, during the Civil War of the United States, a speech was held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery, a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address which the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since and have had a huge impact on the people and the history of the United States. My intention with this essay is to give a wider understanding on why the speech happened and just what impact it has had on the country.
So what was the events leading up …show more content…
The northerner had been a loud voice against the slavery that took place (mostly) in the south and with him winning the election, there was a lot of opposition from slavery-advocates. Lincoln was against slavery and with the possibility of his end-goal being the abolishment of slavery seven states where already done leaving the union before Lincoln had taken his place in the Oval Office. The Confederate states of America had been formed and it was composed of the pro-slavery states in the south. However, even though people in the north believed that the states could leave if they wanted to, Lincoln chose not to accept the departures and believed the action to be against the constitution. Disputes and crises took place around the split and this would soon have escalated into a full scale war between the south and the north. The war started in April 1861 , with The Confederacy attacking a fort belonging to the U.S., and would last until 1865. Claiming 620 000 …show more content…
In this short speech, Lincoln shared his idea that the Declaration of Independence contained the true intent that the founding fathers had for America. People had argued that it was permitted by the Constitution to own slaves but Lincoln now proposed that it instead went against one of the main themes of the Declaration of Independence, “That all men are created equal” . Since the Declaration of Independence was made to shape the United States, having slaves went against the will of the founding fathers and it was this message that would eventually make the speech as important as we know it now to be. The idea that The Declaration of Independence contained the true will of the founding fathers was, by Lincoln, put into contrast with how the society of that time went against these