Abraham Lincoln′s Greatest Speech
History 388 Final Essay Your essay is very important, as it is a final exam for history class about Abraham Lincoln. The essay should be between 1,000 and 1,250 words. You are expected to be analytical and accurate, and to use specific examples. You are expected to have opinions, but you need to be sure to support those opinions with facts. You do not need to use sources other than the reading sources I provide. Please don’t use any outside information other than the books I will post below. Choose a speech of Abraham Lincoln’s that you think is the best and most important along with influential in his life. Please explain why that particular speech is his greatest. Do so, taking into account what he said on the occasion he gave the speech and what each occasion meant in our history-and the event’s historical context. [unique_solution]Please choose the speech that you think is Lincoln’s greatest from ONE of these sources (preferably from Lincoln’s Selected Writings) and base all evidence to support your claim with your own knowledge and TWO other of these sources: Gregory A. Borchard, Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2011. Eric Foner, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010. John F. Marszalek, Lincoln and the Military. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2014. Milkis, Sidney M. and Michael Nelson, The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-2014. 7th ed., Los Angeles: Sage Publishing, 2016. David S. Reynolds, ed., Lincoln’s Selected Writings. 1st ed., New York: W.W. Norton, 2015. Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln’s Melancholy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Please choose in total of 3 of these sources and include quotes and facts to support your argument. The speech should be found in one of these sources. Please don’t use any other sources and don’t plagiarize.