In 1860,
Abraham Lincoln won the Presidential Election. One of the main reasons he won
the election was because of the split in the Democratic Party. The divide
caused less votes for the Democrat nominee, causing the Republican, Abraham
Lincoln, to win. His goal was to unify the north and south, and stop the
separatism taking place because he knew if it kept going on, things would not
be pretty. In fact, he did not mention the fact of abolishing slavery in the beginning of his presidential career until later for he didn’t want states to secede, and it would be harder to receive votes. He compared the situation of the U.S to a house- “A house divided against
itself cannot stand”. Abraham is fully correct by saying this. Another metaphor
for the delicate time period full of opinions could be building a house of cards. At this moment
in history, everything is very fragile, and one wrong thing could set everyone
off (one wrong hand movement could cause the whole house of cards to tumble down).
However, some people were not happy with the idea of unity and protested, which was Lincoln’s worst fear.
Especially by seceding…
*Abraham Lincoln*
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