Summary Of Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address
The author of this document was Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. He was the president of the US during the time of this speech and getting inaugurated for the second time. This was a speech that was given to a mass audience on March 4, 1865 in the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.. Historical context of this document is way more than just a president being declared president of the United States for the second time. This document was a speech given March 4, 1865. The United States was in a civil war between the North and the South during this time. 620,000 men lost their lives during this civil war, a war of many causes, but primarily due to slavery. As the war began to simmer down, numerous southern states started to fall back and give up. Lincoln began setting plans up for reconstruction of the country so it didn't all turn into turmoil. In the midst of getting these plans into gear, April 15, 1865 he was assassinated at the Ford Theater in Washington D.C. then was
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He was 100% successful in accomplishing this. Right in the second paragraph things take a sharp turn for the worse, “One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part o fit. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. “ He began talking about war, god, and death all so soon. Granted this was a required inaugural address, Lincoln made it about the slaves and the war. His main point was that slaves were the central cause of the Civil War, and he ended with the we just need to be kind to one another, "with malice toward none, with charity for all.” This is mainly a pathos focused document. He most likely used this argument because he had the power to get people to listen. This is a very effective way to get your point across to a large scale of
He was 100% successful in accomplishing this. Right in the second paragraph things take a sharp turn for the worse, “One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part o fit. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. “ He began talking about war, god, and death all so soon. Granted this was a required inaugural address, Lincoln made it about the slaves and the war. His main point was that slaves were the central cause of the Civil War, and he ended with the we just need to be kind to one another, "with malice toward none, with charity for all.” This is mainly a pathos focused document. He most likely used this argument because he had the power to get people to listen. This is a very effective way to get your point across to a large scale of