“When a man contributes something of vast importance to a nation, he is set above others and revered” (Schwartz 29), one great man and President who defines that phrase is President Abraham Lincoln, who was taken from the nation way too soon and is the President I most admire and that is admired and modeled by many politicians and citizens of this glorious nation. President Lincoln not only helped assess the diversity of this nation but after a much heated war his tragedy brought the nation together which has not divided since the late 1860s it takes a true “American hero” like “Honest Abe” to establish such
However, some people, such as Jefferson and small farmers opposed his ideas, because they believed in states' rights and a strict interpretation of the constitution, which led to the split of two different political parties. Before Hamilton's plan, America was having financial problems. There were war debts that were unpaid and individual states and even Congress issued worthless paper money. Hamilton created a plan that would first pay down the national debt and then assume the debt of the states. This was called the Assumption Plan.
The French and Indian War, or the Seven Years’ war in Europe, had a negative impact on relations between the American colonies and Great Britain. The British forgot about the colonists’ role during the war. British troops in the colonies treated the colonists with cruelty, convincing the colonists that they would possibly be enslaved in the future by Britain. Although the colonists were original from Britain, they had different ideals and philosophies. After the war, Great Britain was in a large enough debt that it was able to destroy the English government.
The North with all the industrial business had a total different way of life and can see how they totally disagreed with the way slaves were being used and treated. As said in political objective section Lincoln wanted a military victory prior to announcing the emancipation proclamation because he knew it would cause many more problems. Lincoln’s impatience and no military experience did render him from making better decisions which could have ended the war earlier and with less deaths and injuries. With the north controlling most of the railroads and weapons they had a huge advantage over the south, if he could have been a little more patient and trained his men properly could also have ended this much earlier. With the number of personnel the rebels had vs union was little to none, they held off the north by smart tactics of well-trained officers.
George Washington played a prominent role in changing American history. He was appointed the job of commanding the Continental Army in the war against the British. Washington had previous knowledge about geography which contributed too many of his successes. He also used unique war tactics that surprised his enemy. Through even the hardest times of war, he never lost sight of the freedom he was chasing for himself and every American citizen.
It was often blamed for the Panic of 1819 and was seen as advantageous to the wealthy and oppressive and harsh to the poor. When Jackson campaigned for reelection, he and his opponents focused heavily on the issue of the US Bank. Jackson was against it, and when he was reelected, he interpreted this as a mandate to abolish the bank. He thought of the interests of the states and the people in them when he carried out this move. With the end of the US Bank came some terrible consequences.
During the mid 1800’s many Americans began to have mix feelings over the issue of slavery. Many northern Americans believed that slavery was morally wrong and that it was an evil. Southerners on the other hand believed it was a good for the economy as well as for commerce. This great split of attitudes between the north and the south eventually led to threat of the civil war. The North saw the issue of slavery as an evil.
Abraham Lincoln was not a man of high rank before his presidency; his only military experience was from being “captain of a militia unit that saw no action in the Black Hawk War (McPherson).” Even without the same education that his peers received, Lincoln was known to be a quick study, “He observed the successes and failures of his own and the enemy’s military commanders and drew apt conclusions; he made mistakes and learned from them; he applied his large quotient of common sense to slice through the obfuscations and excuses of military subordinates (McPherson).” He was also known for his admirable speeches which he wrote for himself by hand. His inaugural speeches evoked emotion in everyone: fathers and mothers, the elder and the children, as well as the blacks and whites. But his most important contributions and most recognized achievements occurred during the Civil War. The Emancipation was a crucial part of the North’s national strategy (McPherson). Lincoln stated that, “a military necessity, absolutely necessary to
This may seem a bit extreme by modern day standards, but this was the standard of the day. Not just anyone dueled it was left for the gentlemen or the elite. Dueling was particularly predominant in the south. Jackson was a product of the era not just in dueling, but also in the moving of Native Americans. In Jackson's seventh annual message to congress he addresses the issue.
Because of his position as an editor of a Democratic newspaper, Whitman was supposed to support President James K. Polk’s proslavery stance (Erkkila 45). This very issue, one of slavery, was what plagued Whitman the most about United States’ politics because he could not blend his personal views on the subject with those of the Democratic Party he was supposed to support. Whitman did not support extreme political views one way or the other, even when it concerned slavery, his biggest issue with the political condition of the United States. He thought Abolitionists were fanatics and he also strongly opposed those who were for slavery. This is because he believed that extreme political views were dangerous to the unity of the country; because of these strong convictions, “he began tentatively testing out statements that balanced opposite views, as though simple rhetorical juxtaposition would dissolve social tensions” (Reynolds 119).