Because he was against what we where doing
Lincoln was technically racist in the sense that he viewed blacks to be inherently different than whites, but given the time in which he lived he was probably the least racist person in the United States. He was above all a pragmatist.
In 1765 the oppresive british government levied their first tax against american people the stamp act was notoriously unfair not only did it demand more then most people were able to afford it but it was also levied by a government where the american people had no presentation
The United States became involved in World War II only "<span>c. after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor," since this represented an unquestionable act of war against the US that needed to be avenged. </span>
Stanton's father, Daniel Cady, was a Federalist<span> attorney</span><span> and later became a New York Supreme Court Justice. Even while she was still a young girl, she took pleasure in reading her father's law books. She enjoyed going into debates with her father's law clerks about legal issues. This early introduction to law made Stanton realize the inequity of the law for men and women, especially married women. Her realization that married women had practically no rights to property, jobs, earnings, and custody over their children led her to the path of her fight for the women's rights movement.</span>
