The problems that President Abraham Lincoln thinks that the United States must solve is the people who fought during the civil war to assist those that want freedom. In other words, Lincoln wants the people to know that those who fought in the civil war fought to make slaves free and to live out their lives as citizens of the United States. Then the government would come to help these slaves become citizens of the United States and to preserve their freedom for lives to come and preserve our main ideals of freedom. In other terms, the colonist created this country to be free and fought to be free. So the slaves who were born in America should share the same ideals as Americans of having freedom to live the way that they want live. According to “The Gettysburg Address” it states “…shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” This means that Lincoln wants the government who are people, chosen by the people to help protect the new born freedom that we obtain and not to let it go. The problem that President John F. Kennedy thinks that the United States should solve is go through sufferings in order to gain freedom. In other words, Kennedy want the nation to know that we are going to preserve our freedom and we would go through any hardships that may come our way to preserve our freedom. According to “Inaugural Address” it states “Let every nation know, whether is wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.” In other words, what Kennedy is address we should show nations whether they support us or not, we would go through many hardships and negative times to preserve our freedom and see it grow as time goes on. In comparison, both presidents wanted the nation to preserve the freedom that had been create for many decades. In both address, I feel like the United States has solved the problems in a certain extent. In Lincoln’s address, he wanted freedom for the people and that the government should preserve it. The slaves did receive freedom but ended up with a new problem which was segregation. The government did preserve the slaves freedom, but they also work their way the amendments and laws to make the African American community separated from the whites. In Kennedy’s address, he wanted nations to see that we can suffer from anything that may throw at us to protect our freedom. So I believe the problem that Kennedy address was solved by the United States.

When reading both Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and John F. Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address”, you are able to see the similarities and differences. In Lincoln’s speech, he discusses the ongoing problem the nation had been facing during the times of the Civil War, stating “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us.” The task that he mentions in his speech would be to continue on the legacy that the men at Gettysburg had died for, which was the freedom and equality of all people, so that the “nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Compared to Kennedy’s speech, he claims that the nation’s problem at the time would be keeping the peace with international relationships, as he states, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” The difference between these two speeches is the fact that the two are addressing two very different problems,  as is because of the time difference. Moreover, the two are telling these speeches at different moments of their careers, for Lincoln he is giving the speech after the Battle of Gettysburg, while Kennedy was giving his speech during his inauguration. In the end, I believe that the problems that the two presidents discuss about have not been properly solved. In terms of equality, there is still a problem in the way people are treated, with the need for movements like BLM to even exist. And for foreign peace, we have been able to keep the peace with most of the countries, even though there are a couple of issues here and there.