First Inaugural Address President Abraham Lincoln delivered his first Inaugural Speech on March 4, 1861. He was becoming the 16th president of the US and was taking his oath to office. It was also Lincoln’s last attempt to get people to forget about the Civil War. He tried to explain how the states’ that seceded had rebelled and how, as president, he couldn’t just ignore that. He made it known that he wanted to maintain the Union. He also wanted to have a self-government that would work. The video below is of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address.
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Second Inaugural Address 4 years after his first Inaugural Address, Lincoln delivered his second Inaugural Address on March 4 1865. In that speech, he included important ideas about slavery. His felt that the Civil War was the punishment for having slaves, that the death of someone was the payment for slaves. He also promised that after the war ended, he would forgive the Confederate States. He spoke of how he wanted to bring the nation back together and have peace with everyone, including other countries.
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Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg address is one of the most important speeches in American history. It was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 1863. The address was part of the official dedication ceremony of the Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. The Cemetery was to remember one of the bloodiest battle and the turning point in the Civil War. In the speech he mentioned the Declaration of Independence and its main concept like equality and liberty. As well he mentioned that when the CIvil War will end there will be “a new birth of freedom”, in which everybody is equal.
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Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was delivered on January 1,1863 on the third year of the Civil War. In this proclamation only in the states that left the Union, also called the Confederacy, slavery was abolished. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not impact slavery in the Union, it stated this new hope of a change. From now on all the troops are fighting for freedom.
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