The person on the five dollar bill is Abraham Lincoln, best known as the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln was at the center of the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, in which 11 states separated from the United States to form the Confederate States of America, also known as the Confederacy. While it seemed like the Union would lose the war at first, Lincoln put his faith in generals that helped the Union win the war. Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address after the Battle of Gettysburg was won by the Union. Additionally, per the thirteenth amendment that Lincoln proposed, slavery was abolished in the Union. Lincoln therefore is significant in American history for freeing slaves and helping the union win the Civil War.
Well the South remember seceded completely, meaning they weren't part of the United States at all. Reconstruction allowed them back in, along with help from the 10% plan. The plan allowed the states and their governments back in as long as 10% of the population swore allegiance to the Union.
1. Explain why the Fourteen Points still stand as the most powerful expression of idealism strain in the United States.
-Wilson's Fourteen Points is still the most powerful expression of idealism because it aims the ultimate idealistic goal for every Nation, and that is to "vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the world". It expresses the actualization of peace and justice which is a very far along process. And that being the number one vision stated in the Fourteen Points, it still speaks strongly even in modern times how the government undergo changes, political strife and war in an ultimate goal of achieving true peace and justice not just a new balance of power.
2. Why this document expresses idealism
-The Fourteen Points is an visualizes a perfect vision. It was written as a speech in pursuit of true peace and justice. It is idealistic because the statements expressed in the document is still in the process or has yet to be achieved.
