Lincoln- Educational or Interesting?

      In what can be described as a new way to teach students about the Amendments or as one of the longest and or most boring movie ever, Lincoln tells us the story of how our 16th president attempted to pass the 13th Amendment. Abolishing slavery back in the 1800's wasn't something that was considered right but caused chaos. President Lincoln faced many obstacles in order to ratify the amendment and while some were easy to maneuver, there were others that weren't so easy.

      When trying to pass the 13th amendment, racism was a major obstacle that Lincoln faced along with some resistance from his cabinet. During the time period of the movie, many people saw blacks as people who were nothing and with being considered nothing one would not be able to vote, own property, hold office, have jobs, or rank high in the military. This was the way of the world for so many years prior to the 1800's, and when someone tries to change how we live our life's even if it is the President, havoc will erupt. Many people in Lincoln's cabinet warned him about the troubles of trying to pass this amendment and others completely disagreed with his actions. How can a person feel secure and ready to face a challenge when the people who supposedly have your back, will let you fall?

      We all know that Lincoln was dubbed "Honest Abe" but after watching this movie the question of "Was Lincoln always the honest man that we made him out to be?" rose and was answered. No, Lincoln was not always that honest man many of us claimed he was due to the fact that he twisted the truth on numerous occasions and lied about the peace talks that he had.

      In hopes of this amendment being passed, Lincoln would be able to get even more votes when he ran for another term which was a major reason as to why he wanted the amendment being passed in the first place. He also knew that if this wasn't a success, then the Emancipation Proclamation could be cancelled and the Catalysts would be in charge of ending the war and the Constitution would forever stay the same. In the end, after all the work and the chaos along with the fighting, the 13th Amendment was passed and slavery was abolished.

Memes..

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                                                               AMENDMENT #3

          The 3rd amendment states that the government is not allowed to quarter soldiers in our homes. This picture/meme is stating that this amendment is and will forever be in affect and that they (the government) will most likely never have this (amendment) be changed or no longer useful. The baby represents any age american who doesn't want some stranger walking around their house for god knows how long eating/drinking their food.

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                                                                      AMENDMENT #8

          The 8th amendment states that there shall be no cruel or unusual punishment. This picture represents say an average american who is having a bad day because they spilt their coffee everywhere and then seconds later sees another average american who is say, having a good day because they got a raise or promotion at their job and then the american that is having a bad day proceedes to wish that person to burn to ashes. Nobody should wish cruel punishment on someone else just because their life isn't going so good at the moment, take a minute and then if that one person still annoys you, you could then MAYBE wish for them to fall. (The end)