On March 4‚ 1865‚ Abraham Lincoln gave his second inauguration speech as President of the United States‚ which he gives after the victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War. In his second inauguration speech‚ President Lincoln says‚ “If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which‚ in the providence of God…and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due…that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.” He is speaking of the
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The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln SPAM: Speaker: Abraham Lincoln Purpose: To honor those who died in the Civil War and especially those at the battle of Gettysburg Audience: Americans Medium: Outside Venue 3 Appeals of Rhetoric: Logos: Appeal to logic • “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.” • It is logical that it is
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The 16 President ABRAHAM LINCOLN About Abraham Lincoln (February 12‚ 1809 – April 15‚ 1865) was the 16th President of the United States‚ serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral‚ constitutional and political crisis.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union‚ abolished slavery‚ strengthened the national government and modernized the economy When the North enthusiastically rallied
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President Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the greatest United States presidents because he changed the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln is also viewed as one of the greatest presidents of the United States because he was an intelligent leader and ended slavery in the United States. Lincoln is deemed as a hero‚ he saved the slaves and the United States. Abraham Lincoln changed the United States when he declared the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves
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was Lincoln supposed to say after the war? Fifty thousand people died in a total of three days‚ and what on earth is he supposed to say? That he is sorry‚ that he doesn’t know why everything happened the way that it happened? Lincoln gave a speech‚ it was very short‚ and a lot of people didn’t even listen but what he said was; that the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech‚ but rather to continuing to fight for the idea’s they gave their lives for. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was
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1863 Abraham Lincoln gave a reverent and humbling speech for the soldiers who had given their lives at the battle of Gettysburg for the reform and advancement of the country. He states that the brave men who here gave their last full measure of devotion” should be highly esteemed for the sacrifice they made. Lincoln establishes his ideas through the usage of rhetorical devices such as‚ an appeal to ethos‚ parallelism‚ and juxtaposition. Lincoln never uses the words “I‚” or “you‚” to address his
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Abraham Lincoln’s killer‚ John Wilkes Booth‚ was a Maryland native born in 1838 who remained in the North during the Civil War despite his Confederate sympathies. As the conflict entered its final stages‚ he and several associates hatched a plot to kidnap the president and take him to Richmond‚ the Confederate capital. However‚ on March 20‚ 1865‚ the day of the planned kidnapping‚ Lincoln failed to appear at the spot where Booth and his six fellow conspirators lay in wait. Two weeks later‚ Richmond
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most important battles fought during this war was the battle of Gettysburg; it lasted three days and went down in history as one of the most deadly battles of the war (Battle of Gettysburg ). After this battle‚ the president at the time‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ addressed his people with a speech‚ the Gettysburg Address‚ which still resonates though the people of our country today. Although the speech only roughly lasted two minutes‚ Lincoln used various devices that appealed to the people and caused them
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In his speech‚ Lincoln never condemns the Southern states for causing the Civil War‚ however he offered the idea that both the North and the South should receive the judgement from God because of their American sin of slavery. His address serves the purpose of an apology and a plea for forgiveness for the allowance of national sorrow for the institution of slavery. He sought
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3.When his lightning bolt is stolen‚ Zeus accuses Poseidon’s son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon’s son fourteen days to return it‚ otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager‚ Percy‚ who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His crippled best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a
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