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1、1.TheTimeofLincolnAbrahamLincolnwasthe16thpresidentoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Heisrememberedformanythings,includinghislog-cabinhome,hisabsurdlookingclothingaccessory,atop-hat,butLincoln’sabsolutemostimportantcontributiontoAmerica’shistorywastoabolishslavery,averyhardtasktoaccomplish
2、atthattime.Inthemiddleofthe19thcentury,Americawassplitbyanabstractborder.Thecountrywascutintotwoparts:theNorthandtheSouth.Therewereanabundanceofdifferenceswhichcausedthisabnormalseparation.Forinstance,theNorthheldalloftheUniversitiesandMilitaryAcademieswhereasintheSouth,accesstosuch
3、institutionswaslimited.Also,NorthernersspokestandardAmericanEnglishwhileSouthernersspokewithaSouthernaccent.ButthelargestdifferencethataboundbetweentheNorthandtheSouthatthattimewasslaveryandalloftheaspectsthataccompaniedit.TheNorththoughtthattheSouthshouldabandonslaverybecausemintmo
4、stcases,slavesfaceddailyabusefromtheirowners.MostNorthernerstriedtoabidebytherulethat“Allmenarecreatedequal.”ThesereasonslargelyaccountfortheAmericanCivilWar.TheCivilWarwasalong,brutalwarwithaveryhighcasualtyrate.ManyyoungmenfromboththeNorthandtheSouthwerekilledonthebattlefield;thed
5、eathtollwasalsoacceleratedbythefactthatsmallArmyhospitalscouldnotaccommodatesomanywoundedsoldiers.TheCivilWarwasfilledwithheroesonbothsidesofthebattlefield.NameslikeU.S.Grant,GeneralSherman,andtheacclaimedSouthernGeneralRobertE.Lee.Allofthesemenfoughtbravelyandmadeharrowingdecisions
6、ontheirownaccord.ButLincolnisprobablymostoftenassociatedwithhisleadershipofthecountryduringthisdifficultperiod.Hewasafirmbelieverthatslaverywaswrongandhefoughthardtostopit.In1863,LincolnsignedtheEmancipationProclamationwhichlegallygrantedfreedomtoallslaveslivinginAmerica.Butin1865,L
7、incoln’slifecametoanabruptendedwhilehewaswatchingaplayatFord’sTheaterinWashingtonD.C.Hisdeathwasnotanaccident;hewasassassinatedbyamannamedJohnWilkesBooth.NotlongafterLincoln’sdeath,theNorthdefeatedtheSouthandtheCivilWarwasended.TheSouthwasnolongerthoughtofasanothercountry,butpartofA
8、merica.Andallofthes