Why did Robert E. Lee fight against George McClellan? What was the reason for the Mozambican Civil War? What was the real reason for the U.S. Civil War? Why did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Why was the Battle of Shiloh important in the U.S. Civil War?
Lincoln is said to have responded: "How interesting. I find every now and then that even unpleasant situations in life have certain compensation. As you came in just now, did you pass through the waiting room?"
issues like immigration and abortion, but there is no single issue that geographically and economically divides the country in the same way thatslaverydid in the 1850s. Back then, the U.S. was so divided that many feared it would break out in civil war—a fear that Lincoln unwittingly ...
One more lesson Ike can impart to us: the virtue of humility. In spite of his immense accomplishments, Ike remained a humble man. Doubtless this humility stemmed from his upbringing, but so too did it come from his military service. As he himself wrote, “Humility must always be the porti...