——Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States and the first president to be assassinated in American history. His great political achievements and legendary life experience made him It is still talked about and remembered by people to this day. When it comes to Lincoln's fate, the Civil War and the assassination are two key entry points. The former changed the fate of the United States, and the latter ended the president's life. The outbreak of the Civil War stemmed from the intensification of the contradiction between the southern plantation economy and the northern capitalist economy at that time. Most of the black slaves were escorted to the south of the United States. The Republican Lincoln from the north of the United States opposed the inhumane slavery policy. Strong opposition from the South, which has always used slaves to develop industry.
In fact, there has been an ongoing feud between the states of the United States and the central government, whether it is the power of the central government or the allegiance of the citizens, and this competition has been unfolding almost since the founding of the republic. However, the North also hated the workers' monopoly in the South, and the two sides gradually began to have conflicts. In March 1861, Lincoln was elected president. The protection tariffs and the Homestead Act mentioned in his platform greatly weakened the interests of southern slave owners. The law stipulated that every American citizen only had to pay a registration fee of 10 US dollars to be able to register in the West. After obtaining 160 acres of land, he became the legal owner of the land after five years of continuous cultivation. The introduction of this law also directly led to the intensification of the westward movement in the United States. But before that, in 1861, South Carolina announced its withdrawal from the Union, and the southern states also responded and established the "Confederation of America". Two months later, the southern government began to launch an armed uprising, the northern government was forced to fight, the Civil War began, and then President Lincoln led the northern army to defeat the south and maintain the unity of the federal system of the United States.
The Emancipation Proclamation promulgated in 1863 freed 4 million slaves. After Lincoln was assassinated, slavery was officially abolished in the United States, and President Lincoln was re-elected in 1864. However, when he did not have time to enjoy the fruits of victory, at 10:15 pm on April 14, 1865, just five days after the surrender of the Confederate army, Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford Theater in Washington. It is said that the murderer was an actor John Wilkes Booth, who was a strong supporter of the Confederacy after he was born in the famous American theater. On the day of the incident, Lincoln and Grant would be attending the evening show. After sneaking into the box, Booth calmly aimed the gun between Lincoln's left ear and back. He fired a total of eight shots, and Lincoln was hit six times.
However, among the 1,675 spectators in the theater, only a few people heard the sound of gunfire, and even Mrs. Lincoln, who was sitting next to him, and a few people accompanying the play did not notice the sound of gunfire too much. The reason is probably that Booth chose the climax of the play. Shots were fired, and the laughter and applause of the actors on the stage were indistinguishable. The death of President Lincoln caused a huge shock at home and abroad. The American people deeply mourned him. More than 7 million people stopped on both sides of the road to mourn the funeral procession, and more than 1.5 million people paid tribute to Lincoln's remains. Marx once commented on Lincoln: "This commoner, self-taught, from a stonemason to an Illinois congressman, lacked brilliant wisdom, neither great character nor special value, because he was an ordinary, A man with a good mind." Lincoln led the pivotal American Civil War, abolished slavery that shackled human rights, and either one is in the annals of history.
In recent decades, there has been an endless stream of films depicting President Lincoln. 1930's "Lincoln Biography" is the American director D.W. Griffith. This is the earliest biographical film about President Lincoln shot during the silent film period. The content of the film is quite faithful to historical facts. Straight to the point, Walter Houston, who played President Lincoln, also had a brilliant performance. Just nine years later, John Ford has brought the story of "Young Lincoln" to the screen, focusing on Lincoln's youth as a fledgling in Illinois, and the film uses a rigorous studio production method to highlight its stage drama. Force, the film is also John Ford's first screen collaboration with Henry Fonda. John Ford tried to restore the image of the leader with innocuous shortcomings. In the film, he has the quality of saving the country from suffering, but he also experienced the process of a dilapidated peasant child becoming a deep and rich character. Ford specially arranged in the film. Three important speeches or speeches, as the nodes of Lincoln's three personality leaps, [Young Lincoln]'s photography has a vibrant sense of brightness from beginning to end, like an oil painting full of color and ink.
In other words, the film paints Lincoln's period a little more beautifully. At the end of the film, Lincoln climbed to the top of the hill. Without warning, thunder and lightning flashed, and the rain was pouring. The famous Civil War folk song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" rumbled: " Glory, glory, Hallelujah; his truth is on its way!" Then, the rain poured over the solemn statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. After John Ford's splendid portrayal of Lincoln's youth, the taste for biopics in the new millennium is not as open-minded as it used to be. In June of this year, a movie [Vampire Hunter Lincoln], also under the banner of President Lincoln, will meet the audience with sturdy blood. This film is directed by Timo Bekmanbetov, Tim Burton Produced by the bizarre work, adapted from the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith, the content is the unprecedented packaging as a vampire fighter, I am afraid that for the American people who deeply love the president, There's nothing more exciting than Lincoln slaughtering a vampire with a big axe.
Some people like to spoof, and naturally some people like the serious style of seriousness. At the end of the year, Steven Spielberg will bring the heavyweight work [Lincoln], which will be the focus of fans' anticipation. The film is adapted from "Rival Team: Political Genius Lincoln" and written by "Munich Massacre" screenwriter Tony Kushner. The story revolves around the Civil War and mainly tells the life experience of President Lincoln in the last four months before his assassination. In those difficult days, Lincoln devised a strategy to turn the tide and finally won the war. And the more detailed details of this movie are still covered with a mysterious curtain, all of which need to be revealed at the end of the year. Through so many movies, it is not difficult to see people's love for this great president. It seems that only by interpreting his legendary experience time and time again can we demonstrate the existence of the American spirit. In the rankings, President Lincoln is at the top of the list, and it is true that his name deserves it.
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