Who was Pres. Lincoln talking to at the beginning of the movie? What did they recite?
Lincoln talked with the common soldiers, both black and white. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
What was the 13th Amendment? Why was passing it so important to President Lincoln?
The passage of the 13th Amendment addressed slavery and formally outlawed slavery in the territorial US as well as the rebellious south
Who was brought in to try and convince Representatives to vote to vote for the 13th Amendment? How did they try and accomplish this?
Secretary Seward, who was Lincoln's secretary of State, and his hired lobbyists
Why does Robert Lincoln want to join the Army? Why do Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln not want him to?
He will be ashamed if he doesn't. Because they already lost their son, Willie, three years earlier.
What is one way President Lincoln tried to convince Robert not to join the Army?
He takes him to an army hospital. Robert feels it is because Lincoln wants to scare him from joining the army.
Why does President Lincoln not want the southern peace negotiators to come to Washington DC?
He didn't want to legitimize them, or cause a political stir. The Radicals thought that Lincoln just used the amendment as a threat of it to end the war quickly. If the war ends too fast, then the newly rejoined southern states would never pass the amendm
How does Mrs. Lincoln treat Thaddeus Stevens in the reception line at the White House? Why is she upset?
Mrs. Lincoln has qualms with Thaddeus Stevens because of his investigations into her spending habits.
What is President Lincoln's reaction to seeing the battlefield after the Battle of Petersburg? What does he say to General Grant?
Lincoln observes that he had never seen carnage like he had seen that day.
In the movie, President Lincoln said, "The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which, if there be no fault in the machinery, I will do. And, when up, it shall be for the people to keep it up. That's my speech." When he says, "...it shall be for the p
This is a metatphor that Abraham Lincoln will fight to keep the Emancipation Proclamation and secure the 13th Amendment in the House of Representatives but it up to the American people to agree on the fact that 'all men are created equal' (black or white)
In the scene when Lincoln's youngest son is laying in front of the fire, he was on top of an important war strategy map - what does this say about Lincoln as a father? What does it say about the son?
Lincoln came to view the war as God's divine punishment for the sin of slavery. He spend time with his son after will's death and Tad adopted his father's beliefs.
Abraham Lincoln resorts to various methods in order to get the House of Representatives to pass the amendment. Do you believe that these tactics are
necessary? Why or why not?
First you need 2/3 support in the House of Representatives, and Lincoln's Republican Party had a slim majority in the House, and not all of them were abolitionists. Secondly, the Amendment had already failed 10 months prior. Third, he would need some Demo
Explain why the Emancipation Proclamation was able to free only those slaves living in the Confederacy, and why this freedom may have been taken away after
the war, had the 13th Amendment failed to pass.
The Emancipation Proclamation might be deemed illegal one day and the freed slaves would be returned to bondage. If the amendment is in place, the slaves would be forever legally free.
Thaddeus Stevens downplays his true political beliefs in order to gain passage of the amendment. Do you feel that this makes him more principled or less principled? Of standing one's ground despite guaranteed defeat, or downplaying one's beliefs in order
Between standing one's ground despite guaranteed defeat and downplaying one's beliefs in order to gain a small victory on the path to additional victories - both are honorable.
What character in this film do you identify with most strongly and why?
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What was your general view of the movie? What did you like? Did not like?
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