Abraham Lincoln is not only considered to be one of America’s greatest Presidents, but also is viewed as someone who helped to define America by his words as well as his deeds. Using the chapter (5) on Lincoln in the Hofstadter book and the four documents by Lincoln in the documents book, answer the following:
a)What is Hofstadter’s over-all judgment of Lincoln as a politician and a president?; and
b)Choosing any two of the documents by Lincoln (1st Inaugural, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, 2nd Inaugural), describe the specific historical context in which they were delivered, and show how they relate to other themes or ideas in American history (before 1865) which have been addressed in this course.
