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Abraham Lincoln

An influential figure in American history, born on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky, faced personal tragedy early with the loss of his mother. He built a career as a lawyer and rose to political prominence, becoming the 16th President of the United States in 1860.

Abraham Lincoln

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Main topic

Children: Robert Edward William Tad

1 lived to maturity

Wife: Mary Todd

Black Hawk War

Farm, splitting rails for fences, keeping store, captain Black Hawk War.

Born in Febuary 12th 1809

Mother died
Parents born in Virginia
Hardin county, Kentucky

Cemetery

There's a popular Statue of him in ______ Memorial, Washington D.C, USA.
Resting place: _______'s Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery,Ellinois

Assassination, 1865

On good Friday, April 14, 1865, _____was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who thought he was helping the South.

March,1861

7 states: Alabama, Florida,Georiga, Louisianna, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas had succeded to forn a coalition. Called the Confederate States of America.

1864, re-election

He won the re-election in 1864 as Union military tri ump,hs heralded an end to the uar.

1863, Emancipation Proclamation

January 1th he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever dree those slaves within the Confederacy.

President in 1860

built the Republicain Party into a strong national organization
16th president

Lawyer