Abraham Lincoln: His Lasting Legacy?

[michellemarie33]

For school, I must write an essay stating one particular legacy that Abraham Lincoln has ...provided(?) us with. I chose to write about how the abolition of slavery and the Emancipation of Proclamation and all of that good stuff has led to a more equal society for all cultures in the U.S. I have a slightly vague idea of examples and of how we have a pretty equal society (even though it's quite obvious; I just can't think properly[ If you could provide examples, quotes, or anything else, I'll guarantee you the ten meaningless points when I grant you with the best answer. Thank you SO much<3


I posted this question twice, i know. Sorry

 

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Be creative. Write something else, like the tendency to rewrite history (in relation to Abraham Lincoln). For example, he wasn't really a big fan of black people. But they don't teach that much anymore do they?

 

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President Abraham Lincoln left several huge legacies which have been passed down to the latest generation of Americans. Too often, however, we simply remember him as the one who issued the Emancipation Proclamation. That action finally led to the freeing of all the slaves when the 13th Amendment was passed at the insistence of Lincoln.

But his administration gave us several other important gifts, which we still enjoy today. The Morrill Act gave federal lands to the states so that they might create land grant colleges or universities – one in each state. The National Bank Act improved our banking. The Pacific Highway Act brought about a transcontinental railroad. The Homestead Act opened up the great West for settlement to those without large financial means. The Secret Service was established to combat counterfeiting, later expanded to cover other duties, such as guarding the President. And under Lincoln, the words “In God We Trust” were placed on our coinage. As president, Abraham Lincoln, both publicly and privately – called upon God to save this nation wracked by a terrible civil war.

The spirit that guided Lincoln was evident in his second Inaugural Address. This speech is inscribed on one wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. "...With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds..."