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    Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States who freed the slaves from a complex issue that the country was facing. Lincoln views on ending slavery was very conservative because he believed that the compensated emancipation would change the revolution. Lincoln had a strong opinion about changing politics to transform people’s social life. Lincoln was “the greatest social and political revolution of the age” (McPherson)‚ because Lincoln released the emancipation proclamation in

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    the 1840s‚and those were the years that Irish immigration peaked.(I wonder why?) Black workers oftentimes had it worse than slaves did. This is because when the owner bought a slave‚ they did not want to lose money by their death‚so they would help them out.Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work.[1] Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse

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    millennials is the sixteenth president of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is known as one of our country’s best presidents‚ saving the union from one of the worst crisis in American history‚ the Civil War. He tried his best every day to prevent the war‚ and then to end the war with a full nation pieced together. Due to his hard working efforts‚ the nation was able to heal and reconstruct after the war was over. If Abraham Lincoln did not become president‚ today we might have two separate countries

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    Alan Freed Alan Freed was born December 16‚ 1922 in Johnstown‚ Pennsylvania. He was considered the most the most famous Disc Jockey(DJ) in rock ’n roll history‚ however‚ controversy encircled the man and he received lots of criticism especially from white adults during his career. I think that Alan Freed greatly helped shape the sound of music today and further advanced the progression of rock music. He is the person who coined the term "Rock & Roll" and also put up with a

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    Most people know Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president of the United States and the guy who freed the slaves. But what most people don’t think of is that Abraham Lincoln is also one of the most important and probably one of the best presidents the United States has ever had. His presidency left behind a legacy and he shaped the nation today as we know it. Without him and what he did as president‚ who knows what the United States would be like today. Now before we talk about this amazing president

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    and confederate states held this conference to discuss how to end the American civil war. Abraham Lincoln meets with confederate officials to possibly come up with a peace agreement but refuses to grant any positions and ends the meeting within hours. The topics talked about during the conference are the following: be alliances with France in Mexico‚ slavery involved with war‚ surrendering‚ and about the south and property. Both Lincoln and seaward agreed on the issue of slavery. The only propositions

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    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 oppressed

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    ABRAHAM LINCOLN NAME: Abraham Lincoln OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist‚ Lawyer‚ U.S. President‚ U.S. Representative BIRTH DATE: February 12‚ 1809 DEATH DATE: April 15‚ 1865 PLACE OF BIRTH: Hodgenville‚ Kentucky BEST KNOWN FOR: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves. CHILDHOOD Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy

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    APUSH 3 28 November 2011 Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for Union and Emancipation President Lincoln knew that he would not have an easy job when he took the Presidency.  South Carolina had threatened to secede if Lincoln was elected into office and true to their word; South Carolina seceded four days after Lincoln was sworn into office. Then within the following six weeks‚ six more states also seceded from the Union. And with this‚ President Lincoln made it his goal to preserve the Union

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    Without a doubt‚ Abraham Lincoln is one of the most celebrated president in American history. Like George Washington and all the presidents before him. Lincoln is deeply respected as a man of rare ability. Lincoln shaped the united states in his own image. Lincoln benefited all of the Americans who followed in his wake. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most celebrated in president in America because of his military strategy’s. He derived his ideas primarily from his generals‚ also from his prescient

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