HIS271Y1 Chapter Notes -Joshua Fry Speed, Missouri Compromise
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Towards civil war: so far in the readings i have found lincoln"s speeches and writings to be quite powerful. He appeals to the listener/reader"s emotions and is able to keep them engaged. For example, during the debates with stephen a. douglas, laughter and applause was included in the printing of the debates as proof of how well. Lincoln"s audience reacted to him: lincoln"s life experiences prepared him for the presidency because he was able to hone and cultivate his skills as an orator through his time spent as a lawyer and a politician. Lincoln was born into a poor family who made their living on a farm and so he was able to empathize with those less fortunate. He felt that the kansas-nebraska act wrong in effect by allowing slavery into kansas and nebraska and wrong in the principle which would allow slavery to spread to every part of the wide world (16).
