Change Maker Assignment Abraham Lincoln

Written By Sunshine Tanphiphat

The wintry breeze drifted past my frigid face. I began to haul the rusty pail filled with chopped
lumber into the cabin where my downhearted family cuddle close together in front of the fire.
Scarlet blisters started to swallow my hand in numbness; feeling despondent but yet determined, I
staggered through the snow in hope to support my family. I never knew that in the future, people
would remember me as the Greatest Change Maker in history. My name is Abraham Lincoln. I was
born in a single room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. I had little formal education but I was
interested in books and thrive in learning. At the age of twenty five, I won a seat in the Illinois
legislature and began to inquire into politics. A few years later, I became a member of the
Republican Party and started to debate about human rights. I got elected as President in 1860 and
performed my political role to the best of my ability.

I have enacted the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, National Banking Act and the bill which
chartered the First Transcontinental Railroad. My domestic and political policies including the
Homestead Act allowed western migration. This helped to conquer the West and build the region
up as a humanized and civilized territory. I also sponsored the Transcontinental railroad. The
Transcontinental Railroad made America a smaller world (figuratively) because Americans could
travel linking by rail roads from one side of America to another in just a few weeks. This changed
the lives of thousands of people for the transcontinental railroad opened new opportunities for
many and triggered the economic growth of the nation.




My desire to end and band slavery throughout the whole United States of America conserved the
United States of America as one nation. Flesh trading should be abolished for the better because
truthfully, there is no superior race, it is the mentality of the people that needs a change and I was
the person who changed it. How could a race that should be treated as an equal be brutally
maltreated and savagely punished. If the Confederates had won the war and slavery still sustained,
the United States of America would never be able to develop into a country that has significant
influence in international affairs, and never would become the superpower of the twenty first
century. If America was an unstable nation, the world would have become a far different place.

In result from the Proclamation Emancipation, millions of enslaved African American were
liberated and free to work, live and eat on American soil. Consequently, the revolution of change
has affected the change in economics, change in cultural and social structure and psychological
change which results in a change in the mentality of the people towards more racial acceptance.
This revolution touched thousands of hearts and were deeply felt worldwide.

I also demonstrated a variety of IB Learner Profile Characteristics. I was a Caring person because I
saw the inequality in slavery and published the Proclamation Emancipation which provided the
slaves with equal rights as anyone else. In addition to that, I am also a Thinker because I planned
tactics the Union troops could use to defeat the Confederates. An IB Learner Profile Characteristic
that suits me well is Open-Minded because I signed into law bills that positively impact Americans
and opened new opportunities for many. Lastly, I am a Communicator because I communicate my
thoughts, perspectives and ideas through my influential quotes, encouraging speeches and warm
actions. All in all, throughout my life, I demonstrated many IB Learner Profile Characteristics.


My influential quotes and speeches which existed 150 years ago, are greatly admired and are still
used as inspiration in the modern day. The quotes inspire people to look at the world through lens
of equity and justice so we could all live together in a harmonious and prosperous environment.



Exactly 100 years later when the Emancipation Proclamation was established, Martin Luther King
Jr gave his famous speech revolving around civil rights: I Have A Dream. Martin Luther was
influenced by my approach towards civil rights and racial discrimination. Barack Obama, the
current President of the United States was also inspired by my resolute character and exceptional
leadership skills.

Certainly, I have revolutionized America and changed millions of lives. The world would have been a
far different place than what it is in the modern day without my determination to sculpture America
with my own loving hands as a positive and leading nation. All in all, I will always be remembered as
The Savior Of The Union and The Greatest Emancipator Of The Slaves; with that, I changed the world.