Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest

2006 marks the 160th anniversary of the start of the Mexican-American War. Then-Congressman Abraham Lincoln opposed the war, a stand which may have cost him a chance at re-election. Was this decision Lincoln's greatest political mistake? Compare and contrast this decision with others in Lincoln's life that you believe were erroneous or shortsighted and discuss the political perils and moral challenges of opposing wars and the Presidents who wage them.

1st Prize $1000 2nd Prize $500 3rd Prize $250

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