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Power of the Presidency: Lincoln

role as President and even infringed on the civil rights of the people, but there are also many who argue such steps were necessar...

Lincoln and Jackson

an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel" (the White House [2], 2009). Later in his time as President he was prone to outbursts it s...

The Characteristics of a Great Leader

This paper discusses the important qualities that define great leaders. The persuasive ability of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Ro...

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

major transportation route of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In the years preceding the Louisiana Purchase the Spanish ...

Thomas Jefferson: Contradiction

associates in Europe" he would refer "to blacks as lazy, slow, unable to reason, lacking in imagination and even spoke against the...

Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation

is still argued as to what Lincolns actual beliefs about slavery truly were as they related to the political and economic system o...

Lincoln and the Second Revolution

the north prior to and during the war, the political shift in power with the south remaining weak in the national forum for decade...

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

about the surrender.3 The plans to do something about Lincoln, however, went back at least several months. While there are...

Overview of the Process of Grouping Things, Places, and People

to the U.S. Constitution. Glorious Revolution: the period 1688-1689 in England, during which time James II was deposed and Willi...

Abraham Lincoln as the Most Influential World Figure Since the Year 1815

knew what it was to suffer and be poor and yet he was humble and quiet. In these aspects he touched the soul of the American peopl...

Why the South Lost the Civil War

have any solid answer. The following paper examines reasons why the South lost, and focuses on the fact that it likely lost due to...

Myth and Reality: Abraham Lincoln

against injustice and for the downtrodden. One author notes that, "However successful he may have been, Lincoln the young attorney...

Thomas Jefferson by Joyce Appleby

the United States. The book begins around the time he was elected as President, which took place at the end of the 18th century. I...

An Article Review on a Human Motivation Theory

of both his Preface paper and this new paper. Maslow states that his purpose is to: "formulate a positive theory of motivation w...

The Lincoln Memorial

and French from Massachusetts (National Park Service). They were also both successful artist/architects and as such were not poor....

Lincoln Community Hosptial Cost Regression

$4,722,847 (anticipated revenue) and then dividing that by 25 (number of beds) x $119,655 (the cost for each additional bed added)...

Rhetoric of John F. Kennedy

In seven pages this paper considers JFK's Inaugural Address in a discussion of its lofty objectives and then contrasts it to what ...

Portrait of a President

with church leaders to encourage them to help the poor and disadvantaged in their communities, and to end abortion. I am deeply sy...

Bay Area California Transit System 4, Its Bridge Projects and Budget Cuts

battle it out in the budget, bridge engineers are happily moving over to other regional agency posts for as much as twenty-five pe...

Mike Davis's Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and The Imagination of Disaster

of natural development are interrupted through the introduction of the urban landscape, but that nature inherently responds to the...

American Culture and Actress Bette Davis

or rouged (Brabazon, 2000, p. 98). At an awards ceremony, Davis was asked if she regretted not being the sort of movie star that w...

Analysis of "Are Prisons Obsolete?"

10). The fact is that we do indeed lock away two million American citizens and in so doing have come to be the...

California's 2003 Gubernatorial Recall Election

hit with a severe energy crisis, driving costs up while the residents of the state suffered rolling black-outs (6). Davis was cri...

Becoming a More Proficient Golfer

Golf Challenge, which he says is a true game simulation. Not only is the sim instructive, but also fun (CyberGuy). You can even pl...

The Student and Teacher Who Was Abraham Lincoln

ours to us" (Frost 90). Lincoln knew he was different from his contemporaries in both physical appearance and demeanor, but that ...

The Divided House of Abraham Lincoln

his background and upbringing. However, at no point are the framers of this exhibit content with merely presenting a recitation of...

Abraham Lincoln and FDR on War and Social Upheaval

states which formed the nation had been torn apart by ideology and war. With the end of the Civil War our nation, not yet one-hun...

America's Greatest President Abraham Lincoln

He loved this country and its people, and truly was inspired by what he believed to be just and right for the country. Because of...

James McPherson's Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution

the rights to rid themselves of the negative liberty. But, after the Civil War the approach became one that focused on protection ...

The Journey of Abraham Lincoln That Convinced Him Slavery Was Wrong

In 5 pages Lincoln's journey toward the presidency that led to his abolishment of slavery is discussed. There are 4 bibliographic...