Abraham Lincoln: World-Changer

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What makes the two hundred seventy- two words of the Gettysburg address so significant? The speech was delivered on November 19,1863 at the dedication cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Gettysburg Address, 1). This famous speech was given by a “world-changer”, Abraham Lincoln. “World-changers” are people who see something that needs to be fixed to help a large amount of people. To be able to become the sixteenth president of the United States he had to be a leader, accomplish all tasks, and have courage. Another trait to have to be a “world- changer” is using your voice to influence others. How Abraham Lincoln used his voice to change this world was by stopping the civil war early or abolishing slavery, and