Compare And Contrast Lincoln And George Washington

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were both presidents that had a huge impact on the structure of our beautiful country. As they built and thought of knew theories and ideas the country expanded to what is now called the United States of America. With very different times and struggles though both presidencies it was always clear that as leaders of the United States they were going to finish anything they started or fought for to keep the country intact. Even though both these presidents were considered successful they were both motivated and raised in totally different ways. Washington was raised in a wealthy lifestyle as he grew up. He devoted himself to a busy and happy life. While Lincoln had to struggle for a living, and to find time to learn and study. He worked on ferryboats, and was a store clerk and postmaster before becoming president. Which showed how wealthy and even not so wealthy people can make something of themselves when it’s that important to them. As the new Constitution was affirmed, the electoral college, a group of state representatives who vote on behalf of their states, unanimously elected

Also he served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Abraham was a captain in the Black Hawk War, a brief fight between the United States and Native Americans. Washington realized early that given the lack of training of his men, the best strategy was to avoid major battles. For Lincoln the first shots of war were fired at Union troops at Fort Sumter in South Carolina by the Confederate Army, it forced the surrender of the fort. Lincoln then called on the Northern states to send 75,000 volunteer fighters. Both of these events proved that the two men weren’t successful through having the biggest and baddest army it was all about how they treated their people and the strategy used to conquer their