Abraham Lincoln

Abstract

In this paper, Abraham Lincoln has been discussed in detail. He was the sixteenth president of United States and is ranked unanimously by the presidential scholars as the greatest president of United States. His early life, achievements and his leadership is discussed in this paper.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion1

Early Life and Career1

Achievements2

Civil War3

Lincoln's Leadership5

Conclusion6

End Notes8

Abraham Lincoln

Introduction

Abraham Lincoln (12th February 1809 - 15 April 1865 at Washington) was the sixteenth President of the United States. He was elected to two terms of four years in 1860 and 1864 without completing it. It is the first president republican history of the country. His name is associated with the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. He was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy from supporters Confederates at the beginning of his second term.

Lincoln's fame probably surpasses all other leaders in American history. When the Civil War broke out he held the country together at all costs. During the war, trying to save the Union tested his leadership abilities. He worked constantly, eighteen hours a day that left little time for other aspects of his life. His biggest and most important goal in his presidency was to preserve the Union that he led so completely and greatly. Lincoln wrote the proclamation emancipating the slaves and signs the 13th Amendment abolishing the slave.

Discussion

Early Life and Career

Abraham was raised in a family of Baptists, as both Tom and Nancy Lincoln; his parents belonged to the Little Mount Baptist Church, near Elizabethtown in the state of Kentucky. When Lincoln was seven years old, his family moved to Indiana. He and the son of Gentry traded downstream along the coast of sugar. It was on that trip where they were forced to repel the attack by a gang of blacks.

In 1834, Lincoln was elected to the state legislature, in which he served four successive terms (until 1841) and achieved prominence as a Whig. In 1836 he obtained his license as an attorney, and the next year he moved to Springfield, where he became a law partner of John T. Stuart. Lincoln's practice steadily increased. Lincoln worked hard for the election of the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, in 1848, but when he was not rewarded with the office he desired—Commissioner of the General Land Office—he decided to retire from politics and return to the practice of law.

Achievements

Abraham Lincoln has diverse achievements on their behalf. One of his greatest achievements was the implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended the cruel practice of slavery in the country. Although it took effect immediately after he conceived it, the Proclamation helped the process greatly. Unfortunately, Lincoln was assassinated before the promulgation on 13 could be converted into cash.

President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which allowed the poorest people in the east to reach the land in the western part of the country. The Morrill Act was passed to ensure that each state had a school of agriculture and mechanics. When Lincoln took office the country was in a chaotic state in ...