Week 15: Freedom and the Civil War

The main points of Lincoln's addresses are that freedom is for all men, women and children of all race and religion and that the government is "of the people, by the people, for the people" (Freedom 300). They are related to freedom because without equality, no one will ever be "free". By having the government governed by the people, everyone has an equal opportunity to have their voices heard.

The Civil War addresses the issues of freedom because the south was fighting for their right to continue to have slavery. where the north was fighting to abolish freedom. The civil war is a direct result of freedom. without it both the north and south would continue to be separate in their views and the south would still have slavery. Both sides, the north and south see freedom differently, which was the reason for the civil war. Each side saw the other as the "destroyer of liberty".