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1、英文林肯演讲稿文体分析英文林肯演讲稿文体分析篇一：Abraham Lincoln 英语演讲稿Abraham Lincoln, an Influential President in the American HistoryThe United States of America is a country with a president system. The president of USA is not only head of the state and the government, but also administrative departments of the supreme
2、leader and army commander, usually called There are 44 presidents in the history of the United States. Abraham Lincoln is the 16th one who maintained the unity of the nation and abolished the slavery that influenced the nation much. He is the first Republican president and also ranked among the grea
3、test president ranked first. USA once held a poll in XX-“the greatest Americans“, Lincoln was elected America figure of second. He is one of the most popular presidents. On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in a poor family in Hardin County in Kentucky prefecture. His parents are descendan
4、ts of British immigrants, taking farming and he was young, he helped the family move firewood, water, do farm work and so 1816, Lincolns family moved to Indiana Southwest. At his age of 9, his mother died who was just 36 years old. Second years, his father married a kindness and enlightened woman na
5、med Sarah Bush, and the family lived happily. Because of poverty, his education degree wasnt high. In order to earn money, he was a ferry worker on the Ohio River and a plantation worker when he was young.Lincoln is a man who loves reading. At his young age, he read all the writings of Shakespeare a
6、nd “American history“, also read lots of books about history and became a learned and wisdom man through self-study. He ran for state senator that meant he embarked on a political road since 1832. Finally he was electedpresident in 1860. In the 28 years, he has undergone a lot of difficulties that n
7、ormal people cannot imagine. Eight elections, eight voted out, twice failed in business, and even once mental collapse, many times, he could give up, but he didnt. Just because of not giving up, he became one of the greatest presidents in the history of teacher of the revolution Marx highly evaluate
8、d Lincoln, “he is a man who will not be scared by difficulties, not to confuse for success, he refuse to be cowed or submit to his great goal, but never act rashly and blindly, he steadily forward, and never back; In a word, he is a rare character that achieved the great realm and still maintained h
9、is excellent quality“. Owing to his view of abolishing slavery, Lincolns election, threatened the benefits of the Southern plantation owners. They certainly dont want a man who advocates the abolition of slavery as their president. Then the Civil War broke out in 1861.At the beginning of the war, Li
10、ncoln tried to seek the policy that compromised with the Southern plantation owners. With the military losing ground, Lincoln realized that to abolish slavery truly, there must have sacrifice, peaceful means can not solve any problems. If they want to win the war, they must transfer the enthusiasm o
11、f farmers, abolish the slavery, and liberate black slaves .In 1862 May, Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. This measure eliminated the possibility of southern slave owners to seize the western land fundamentally, but also met the urgent needs of the peasants, greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of farm
12、ers to participate in. On January 1, 1863, “Emancipation Proclamation“ was promulgated formally, announced the abolition of slavery in the rebel states today, the liberated slaves can call in the union army. Announced the slaves free, fundamentally undermined the rebels fighting force, meanwhile, th
13、e Yankees had abundant 1864, Lincoln put forward slogan that “the people, by the people“. It enhanced troops morale. In April, 1865, the Yankees achieved victory in the Civil War, meaning the war that lasted four years ended. The Civil War is called the second revolution after the War of Independenc
14、e. Lincoln became a symbol of black liberation.Because Lincoln can adapt to the demand of the masses, destroyed slavery in a revolutionary way, and solved the peoples demand for land in the Civil War of the most critical juncture, thus he promoted the development of Americas capitalism, and made imp
15、ortant contributions to safeguard national unity and liberate black slaves. Due to the excellent achievements of Abraham Lincoln, he was elected as Americas president again on November 8, 1864. However, Lincoln havent put his post-war policies into effect, tragedy happened. Because slave owners hatr
16、ed Lincoln extremely. On April 14, 1865 night at ten fifteen, fifth days after the surrender of the Southern army. Lincoln was attacked by an assassin in Ford theatre in Washington. Lincolns unfortunate death caused a huge shock at home and abroad. American people conveyed profound condolences to him, about 7,000,000 people stood mourning funeral procession on both sides of the road, and there are 1,500,000 people looked at Lincolns face with reverence.Lincoln was buried in
