Abraham Lincoln?

Question

What are some of the things you have learned about Abraham Lincoln? or ever wonder about him.

Answer 1

he probably had morfan's disease (? Spelling?)

Answer 2

Dirt poor, learned to read himself, may have had Chrone's disease, melancholic, outstanding leader and better orator.

Answer 3

Born in Kentucky.

Lost to Stephen F. Douglas in Senate Debate before becoming President of the U.S.

Sailed down the Mississippi river to New Orleans when he was a Teenager.

Fought in the Black hawk War in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Thieves tried to steal his body in the 1870's

Answer 4

Always wondered if he was so smart why he could not understand the constitution or was it just that he didnt care about the constitution

Answer 5

Abraham Lincoln presided over the greatest tragedy in our country's history. Largely through incompetence and indecision, he lead the country into protracted and extremely bloody civil war. During the war he suspended our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He ordered the shameful practice of returning escaped slaves back to their owners.

Lincoln's rehabilitation over the years is a huge historical con job. He did write good speeches - they were targeted for the specific audiences and generally told the people what they wanted to hear.

Answer 6

He presided over a great act of treason, he was the one who caused the most damage to the USA, in money, material and human lives. If as he (Mr. Lincoln) said the south did not leave the union, then he violated the constitution by using American military forces on it's own citizens. Thus Treason

If the south did succeed and formed a nation of there own, then Lincoln violated the constitution with a war of expansion, against a peaceful nation, Also against the constitution and again Treason

The most costly traitor of American history,,,,, Old Honest Abe himself.

Answer 7

his letter to his son's head master shows how good a father he was

his belief in equality of all men is commendable

his strength of character is his cardinal virtue

and his resilience to stand against odds is of very high value