President Lincoln in dealing with dissent affect the office of the president?
no gettysburg address, perhaps the south takes control of the union, slavery is still allowed, the confederates may have been punished for abandoning their country. Instead, Lincoln let them off the hook, and reunited them ASAP
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued primarily for military necessity and to affect the government and public opinion of the foreign powers, particularly those of France and Great Britain.
The Battle of Gettysburg and other significant military engagements in 1863 had a profound impact on Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864. The Union victories bolstered public support for the war effort and improved morale, helping to shift the political tide in Lincoln's favor. By demonstrating progress in the Civil War, these events reassured voters of the possibility of Union victory and the preservation of the nation, ultimately contributing to Lincoln's reelection. Conversely, early military setbacks had initially jeopardized his political standing, making the latter victories crucial.
After Gettysburg, Lee was on the defensive for the rest of the war.
It did not directly affect their lives.
More than a decade before his Gettysburg Address, back in 1848, when Lincoln was only a Congressman, he was heartbroken and humiliated by our war on Mexico, which had never attacked us. James Polk was the person Representative Lincoln had in mind when he said what he said. Abraham Lincoln said of Polk, his president, his armed forces' commander-in-chief: "Trusting to escape scrutiny, by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory -- that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood -- that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy -- he plunged into war."-- Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country, pg. 76
brack o bamma is not a good president and tells lies
This was the date that M. L. King gave his "I have a dream" speech at LIncoln Memorial. It did not involve affect the President in any direct way , but he watched it on television.
The vietcong strikes convinced President Kennedy to send American military advisers to South Vietnam
The president is the commander-in-chief of the military. He can give orders and issue policy statements that affect life in the military, such as concerning the treatment of gays and women in combat. He can lobby Congress for funding and push for particular types of weapon systems. He promotes and demotes the top generals. He chooses the Secretary of Defense.
We have a memorial cemetery in honor of his for what he did in America during the civil war, united both North and South. We have a National Holiday for being one of the most outspoken President and quoted.