Lincoln

Biography of Abraham Lincoln Dominique Bailey Table of Contents Page 3 – Introduction Page 4 – Early Life Page 5 – Law Career Page 6 – Entering Politics Page 7 – Elected President Page 8 – Emancipation Proclamation - Civil War Page 9 – Reconstruction - Assassination Page 10 – Conclusion Page 11 – Bibliography 3 Introduction

Even though Abraham Lincoln was the president I knew most about before taking this class, I've realized over the course of this semester that I really didn't know much about him at all. I hadn't tried to picture him very complexly, he was just the Lincoln I had read about in history books--the poor, pioneer boy who through sheer smarts and determination became President of the United States and saved the Union. And because our culture has mythologized the story of Lincoln so heavily, I don't think

Abraham Lincoln This is the story of a man named Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. There are many things that Abraham has done, but the biggest thing he ever did was free the slaves. He saw the slaves and felt that it was very wrong to own people. The southern states despised the idea of freeing the slaves, so the Civil War started. The northern side won, thus, Abraham Lincoln freed the blacks from slavery. Abraham Lincoln can be important just for the

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln born 1809, and was the 16th president of the United States. He was born In Kentucky in a log cabin. His parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln. But when Abe was 9 years old his mother died of milk sickness. After his mother death Thomas Lincoln got remarried to a women named Sarah Johnston, who was a widow with three children. In 1817, Abraham and his family moved to Indiana. His new mother

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16Th President of America. He was the first republican that was elected as President. He ran for senate two times and lost both. When he was in office he was mostly occupied with the states that broke away from the Union,who was named the Confederate States of America. The first to break away was South Carolina followed by 6 other states before the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. And then four more at the beginning of the Civil War,Battle of

Abraham Lincoln was born in the year 1809 on February 12th in the town of Hardin County, Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Growing up Lincoln had no proper education, consequently he read books and educated himself. During Lincoln’s young adult years, he worked a various number of jobs as a shopkeeper, surveyor, and a postmaster. In 1832, Lincoln became a captain of the Hawk War against the Native Americans. Shortly after the war was over, he began his political career and was elected to the

The movie Lincoln by famous producer, Steven Spielberg, is a newer film based upon the life of Abraham Lincoln and his endeavor to pass the 13th amendment giving the right to free all slaves in their entirety. (1. How does this film relate the material to this course?) As we are currently going over the 19th century discussing slavery and the civil war, the movie deals directly with president Abraham Lincoln and his attempt to abolish slavery indefinitely through the act of the 13th amendment leading

An alpha is the leader of the pack of wolves and has all of the qualities of being a great leader. Abraham Lincoln would be a great comparison as in an alpha in a pack of generals and candidates. Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States, a political lawyer and would become a memorable man for being an “honest” man. He has grown on a farm, in poverty, to being raised to being one of the greatest politicians there is. Although he was self-educated, he went on to study on his free time

Abraham Lincoln is one of the best United States president known to history because he was the first to do many things. He was the first elected president to have a beard, the first republican president, and had dinner with a cat at the White House dinner table. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 and passed away in 1865, cause of death was assassination by John Wilkes Booth. In 1861, he was elected president at age 51. When running for office, he got 40% over the popular vote. Abraham was the most

“In politics Mr Lincoln told the truth when he said he had ‘always hated slavery as much as any Abolitionist’ but I do not know that he deserved a great deal of credit for that for his hatred of oppression & wrong in all its forms was constitutional – he could not help it,” wrote Attorney Samuel C. Parks, a longtime friend of Abraham Lincoln.1 Contemporary Robert H. Browne recalled Abraham Lincoln telling him in 1854: “The slavery question often bothered me as far back as 1836-40. I was troubled