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.
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
