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Abraham Lincoln Inaugural Address Summary

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In 1865 Abraham Lincoln surprised his audience with a speech on politics, slavery and states’ rights. Lincoln described his vision to the countrymen to encourage on what he thought was important. He pronounced his speech his hopes for the future of their nation and contemplated the effects of the Civil War. Lincoln uses people as an example; a lot of countrymen dreaded, despised, and tried to avert the war. The people of the north and south did not come together and the war came. The north wanted to diminish slavery and the south wanted to keep using slaves as a free workers in their home and field. The country did not accept anyone’s decision, in result the Civil war acted. The president used the inaugural address to inform the nation of
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