How would you describe Abraham Lincoln?

How is Lincoln portrayed here Lincoln stomping on American rights of "freedom of the press" and "habeas corpus" while dangling a fishing pole that says, "my will is law" with bait called "my emancipation joke" above an African American. Lincoln's secretary of state, William Seward, forms the end of the Lincoln beast's tail and says, "I have only to touch that little bell and I can imprison any man in the United States," as he rings a bell attached to the "Seward liberty pole."

Brainpop LINCOLN: What do we learn?

Preserve the Union “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all he slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.” -Abraham Lincoln, August 22, 1862,quoted in Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln Lincoln’s actions toward slavery were based on his primary purpose, which was to save the Union.

The Emancipation Proclamation broaden the goals of the war emancipate, or free, enslaved African Americans in Confederate states not under Union control Only 50,000 out of 4 million were immediately set free Allowed black men to fight in army (200,000 joined) “On the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord 1863, all persons held as slaves within any state or…part of a state [whose] people…shall them be in rebellion against the United States, shall be the, thenceforward, and forever free.” -Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863, The Emancipation Proclamation

I will suspend everyone’s HABEAS CORPUS and not tell them why!

Habeas Corpus was shortage of volunteers to serve in the Union army Draft Northerners began to riot President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus the right to complain before a judge/court if they think they were imprisoned for the wrong reason. argued that the Constitution allowed him to deny people their rights “when in a case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety required it.”

Gettysburg Address The Battle of Gettysburg three day battle More than 50,000 dead or wounded ceremony to dedicate a cemetery to the memory of those soldiers who died in the battle President Lincoln delivered speech Civil War was a test if whether or not a democratic nation could survive reminded Americans that their nation was founded on the belief that “all men are created equal.”