Concetti Chiave
- Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, known for leading the Union to victory in the Civil War and abolishing slavery.
- Born in Kentucky in 1809, Lincoln was a self-taught lawyer with a reputation for honesty, though he was known for his temper in his early years.
- Elected to the Illinois parliament in 1833, Lincoln was a staunch abolitionist but never fully aligned with other abolitionists.
- After his election in 1860, Lincoln faced secession by Southern states, leading to the Civil War, which ended with Northern victory in 1865.
- Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 and supported constitutional amendments for abolition and limited black suffrage before his assassination in 1865.
In questo appunto viene descritta in lingua inglese la biografia di Abraham Lincoln, con analisi degli eventi principali della sua vita e il suo ruolo molto importante come Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America.
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Abraham Lincolns'life
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States (1861-1865) and was the main architect of the victory of the Unionists in the American Civil War and abolition of slavery.
Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, February 12, 1809 by a pioneer family, he studied law, soon earning a reputation for his honesty. Not surprisingly, it is famously depicted in the historical memory as a man calm and thoughtful. But perhaps not everyone knows that some years before becoming President of the United States, his temperament was very different, consisting of frequent outbursts, in which he gave evidence of being able to express an intense fury and uncontrolled (probably caused, according to recent studies, the failure induced by pills used by Lincoln to win the depression). In 1833 he was elected to the parliament of Illinois. In the matter of slavery, he was a staunch abolitionist, although never shared fully the position of abolitionists. In 1860 the Republicans were nominated for the presidency: he obtained the majority of votes and entered the White House.
Events
Immediately after the victory, he is taken the first steps to secede from the Union. Lincoln showed himself open to dialogue but refused to consider a possible extension of slavery. In February 1861, seven southern states were separated by formally; other southern states followed suit, and the war broke out that ended in 1865 with the victory of the Northerners. Among the key moments of the civil war there was the Battle of Gettysburg, which was followed - after the war - the famous Lincoln speech on the importance of the union of States.Already in 1862, the President issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves and authorized the creation of military units of color.Lincoln, however, was determined to place emancipation on a permanent basis and in 1864 proposed the introduction of an amendment against slavery in the Constitution. This amendment was accepted after his re-election, in 1865.
A few weeks after the start of his second term, Lincoln publicly announced his support for limited suffrage for blacks in Louisiana.A fanatic Southerner, John Wilkes Booth, worried of the possibility that blacks could obtain the right to vote, on April 14, 1865 mortally wounded Lincoln, in Washington. He was pronounced dead the next morning.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è stato il ruolo principale di Abraham Lincoln durante la sua presidenza?
- Come è cambiato il temperamento di Lincoln nel corso degli anni?
- Quali furono le azioni di Lincoln riguardo alla schiavitù durante la sua presidenza?
- Cosa accadde a Lincoln poco dopo l'inizio del suo secondo mandato?
Abraham Lincoln è stato il principale artefice della vittoria degli Unionisti nella Guerra Civile Americana e dell'abolizione della schiavitù.
Prima di diventare presidente, Lincoln aveva frequenti scatti d'ira, probabilmente causati da pillole per la depressione, ma successivamente è stato ricordato come un uomo calmo e riflessivo.
Lincoln emise il Proclama di Emancipazione nel 1862, liberando gli schiavi e autorizzando la creazione di unità militari di colore, e propose un emendamento contro la schiavitù nella Costituzione nel 1864.
Poche settimane dopo l'inizio del suo secondo mandato, Lincoln fu mortalmente ferito da John Wilkes Booth, un fanatico sudista, preoccupato dalla possibilità che i neri potessero ottenere il diritto di voto.
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