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kentuck

(111,103 posts) Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:53 AM Jan 2013

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Has anyone watched the movie, Lincoln? [View all]

And what was your opinion?

Did you find it thought-provoking?

Personally, it was close to the history as I imagined it? When he was assassinated, there was a mess to clean up. What followed was Reconstruction and KKK and Jim Crow laws, and continued division and hatred until our present generations, going back to about the late 1940's, although some still harbor these hatreds and resentment thru the present, imo.

Would the 13th Amendment ever have passed if not for Lincoln?

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Has anyone watched the movie, Lincoln? [View all] kentuck Jan 2013 OP

I thought the movie was great and very accurate Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #1

I think Johnson would be an interesting story... kentuck Jan 2013 #4

Johnson was a mess - nobody trusted him. el_bryanto Jan 2013 #11

What is it about? AngryAmish Jan 2013 #2

Weren't nuff explosions geomon666 Jan 2013 #3

I was disappointed Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #5

I totally loved it. nevergiveup Jan 2013 #6

Didn't like the beginning Ichingcarpenter Jan 2013 #7

The most thought-provoking aspect for me was ... frazzled Jan 2013 #8

Yes, he was using the war as leverage to get the 13th Amendment passed kentuck Jan 2013 #10

I thought it was very strong - I liked how it played him as a politician el_bryanto Jan 2013 #9

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