According to Webster's dictionary the definition of conflict is a: competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons) b: mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands. ... Cognitive conflict can be viewed as positive because it focuses on the facts instead of the person. ... The traditional view, observed from 1930-1940's was that conflict is bad and should avoided as it was thought to indicate problems. ... From this point, it was used as a posit...

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Certainly we can find views to contrast this extreme view. ... This argument is a powerful one, as it is clear that Lincoln was opposed to the institution of slavery. ... It is my view that the former is probably closer to the truth. ... He made it clear even early in his career that he was opposed at least to the spread of slavery. ... Lincoln was clearly opposed to the idea of a divided nation. ...

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By the early eighteen hundreds many Northerners had began viewing slavery as wrong. ... Even though slavery was illegal in the Northern states, only a small amount of Northerners opposed it (Gallagher 1). ...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... Northerners rejected that notion as opposed to the will of the Founding Fathers who said they were setting up a perpetual union. ...

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Lincoln was a strong opposer of Nebraska being admitted as a slave state, because Lincoln was an abolitionist and wanted to keep the number of free states and slave states even. ... Lincoln was the leading vote getter early on in the election, but eventually lost the race and realized that obviously the majority of voters didn't agree with his views on abolishing slavery. ...

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In the Black Hills of South Dakota stands the largest sculpture in the world carved into the side of a mountain. The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln were the four courageous men that were considered for the carving. These men stood for the upbrin...

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