1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
k0ka [10]
3 years ago
12

1.

History
1 answer:
jarptica [38.1K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it existed, and pledged to suspend the activities of the federal government temporarily in areas of hostility. ... The government, insisted Lincoln, would “hold, occupy, and possess” its property and collect its taxes.

Explanation:

Abraham Lincoln did believe that slavery was morally wrong, but there was one big problem: It was sanctioned by the highest law in the land, the Constitution. The nation’s founding fathers, who also struggled with how to address slavery, did not explicitly write the word “slavery” in the Constitution, but they did include key clauses protecting the institution, including a fugitive slave clause and the three-fifths clause, which allowed Southern states to count enslaved people for the purposes of representation in the federal government.

In a three-hour speech in Peoria, Illinois, in the fall of 1854, Lincoln presented more clearly than ever his moral, legal and economic opposition to slavery—and then admitted he didn’t know exactly what should be done about it within the current political system.

Abolitionists, by contrast, knew exactly what should be done about it: Slavery should be immediately abolished, and freed enslaved people should be incorporated as equal members of society. They didn’t care about working within the existing political system, or under the Constitution, which they saw as unjustly protecting slavery and enslavers. Leading abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison called the Constitution “a covenant with death and an agreement with Hell,” and went so far as to burn a copy at a Massachusetts rally in 1854.

Though Lincoln saw himself as working alongside the abolitionists on behalf of a common anti-slavery cause, he did not count himself among them. Only with emancipation, and with his support of the eventual 13th Amendment, would Lincoln finally win over the most committed abolitionists.

2. Lincoln didn’t believe Black people should have the same rights as white people.

Though Lincoln argued that the founding fathers’ phrase “All men are created equal” applied to Black and white people alike, this did not mean he thought they should have the same social and political rights. His views became clear during an 1858 series of debates with his opponent in the Illinois race for U.S. Senate, Stephen Douglas, who had accused him of supporting “negro equality.”

In their fourth debate, at Charleston, Illinois, on September 18, 1858, Lincoln made his position clear. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and Black races,” he began, going on to say that he opposed Black people having the right to vote, to serve on juries, to hold office and to intermarry with whites.

President Abraham Lincoln with African Americans outside of the White House, circa 1863.

What he did believe was that, like all men, Black men had the right to improve their condition in society and to enjoy the fruits of their labor. In this way they were equal to white men, and for this reason slavery was inherently unjust.

Like his views on emancipation, Lincoln’s position on social and political equality for African Americans would evolve over the course of his presidency. In the last speech of his life, delivered on April 11, 1865, he argued for limited Black suffrage, saying that any Black man who had served the Union during the Civil War should have the right to vote.

Nearly a decade later, even as he edited the draft of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in August of 1862, Lincoln hosted a delegation of freed Black men and women at the White House in the hopes of getting their support on a plan for colonization in Central America. Given the “differences” between the two races and the hostile attitudes of white people towards Black people, Lincoln argued, it would be “better for us both, therefore, to be separated.”

You might be interested in
if anyone steals an animal from a leader in the court, the thief shall pay back thirty times the animal’s value. if it belongs t
Black_prince [1.1K]

Although you did not specify the civilizations you should compare Hammurabi's code with, here I leave relevant points about the code that may help you:

  • Hammurabi's code is a collection of laws carved in a stone pillar during the Babylonian emperor Hammurabi's realm. After conquering the land within the Mesopotamian valley, he needed to unify the territory of his empire under the same laws. It is the first written code of laws.
  • As laws were written, judges could not change them at the moment. This was a guarantee of justice for citizens. Other civilizations like the Romans and Hebrews also had written codes of laws.
  • The code includes mainly a list of crimes and punishments established for them. The punishments defer according to the social rank of the victim and the criminal.
  • Punishments could be payments in species or metals, but also corporal, following the "eye for an eye" criteria of justice, or Tallion's law. This concept of justice can also be found in old Hebrew tradition, and in the Quran.

You can learn more about Hammurabi's code in the link below:

brainly.com/question/13117286

#SPJ4

5 0
1 year ago
Which nation declared war on japan along with the United States during world war 2
noname [10]
Empire, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States
7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Why was the development of the Bessemer process important to Great
IrinaVladis [17]
the best answer would be c
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Which best explains why newspapers of the resistance differed from what we know today
Anuta_ua [19.1K]
Newspapers were modest single sheets because the printing press could not be used to print on both sides of a sheet of paper and interest in the form had not quite yet taken off.
5 0
3 years ago
Which of the following is a true statement about the beginnings of political parties in the United States? Select one:
Arada [10]
Your answer is C. The Framers wanted to make sure that when parties rise, they will met the needs of the constitution.

6 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • How was Nelson Mandela viewed by the people in his nation? How do you know what the public opinion was?
    12·1 answer
  • President James Monroe created the Monroe Doctrine. In your own words, explain what the Monroe Doctrine was about. Then, explain
    5·1 answer
  • Is it true that Muslim scientists had improved the astrolabe, or is it false?
    7·1 answer
  • Why is school so important..... these teachers and people be teaching us stuff we don't care about...… so why do we learn about
    10·1 answer
  • Why did reconstruction end and what did that mean for Black people in the United States?
    15·1 answer
  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965 declared that no new election laws could be enacted in any State without ____ from the Department
    14·1 answer
  • Why was the estates general meeting held?
    10·1 answer
  • Which class was a pleblan? <br>middle <br>slave <br>upper <br>lower​
    15·1 answer
  • Which famous Greek author wrote tales of their mythology, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey?
    6·2 answers
  • Factors that contributed to the wall street crash of 1929
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!