4.  Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12,
1809.
Lincoln was the son of Thomas Lincoln and
Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
 He lived in a log cabin in Kentucky until the
age of 7.
He moved to Indiana and stayed there until
the age of 21.
 Lincoln then moved to the state of Illinois Thomas Lincoln
where he practiced law.
 In 1842 he married Mary Todd and they had
4 sons.
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Lincoln was not formally schooled but
educated himself by reading several books.
 Lincoln was known for his strength and
wood-splitting.
He also was a very good story teller! Mary Todd Lincoln

5.  In 1828 Lincoln and a friend took a
boat down the Mississippi River to
New Orleans where he first experienced
the world outside of where he had lived.
 He also saw slaves for the first time
on this trip.
 In 1832 he served in the
Black Hawk War.
 In 1837 he had a law practice.
He served in the Illinois state
legislature as a member of the Whig Party.
He won an election to Congress
in 1846.
He often continued doing
some aspects of his law
practice for a large part of his life.

6. Question #1 Answer
What War did Lincoln
serve in?
Question #2 Answer
Where was
Lincoln born?

8.  March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated
as the United States 16th President.
During this time period the lower South of the
United States seceded to from the Confederate
States of America.
President Lincoln was President during the Civil War
(1861-1865).
 He wrote the Gettysburg Address
and gave the speech on November 19,
1863 in which he turned the site of the
Battle of Gettysburg into a national
war cemetery.
 Lincoln won re-election in 1864.
 Lincoln was the first President to
be assassinated.
He was shot at Ford’s Theatre by
John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.
 Lincoln died the next day.
John Wilkes Booth

9. Lincoln issued the historic Emancipation
Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation
declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the
rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be
free."
 Wrote and spoke the Gettysburg Address ,which still
remains one of the most important speeches and
documents in history. ( considered a turning point of
the civil war)
The Lincoln Memorial was built in Washington, D.C.
to remember this great president.
 Most known for his eloquent writing and poetry that
can still be read today.

10. Question #3 Answer
Who killed Abraham
Lincoln?
Question #4 Answer
What did the
Emancipation
Proclamation do?

11. Back to Questions Back to
1,2 QuestionsSlide 12
3,4
 Lincoln was born in Kentucky. He lived in Indiana
and then moved to Illinois.
 Lincoln educated himself through reading books.
He served in the Black Hawk War.
He practiced law.
He served in the Illinois State legislature.
Lincoln became the 16th President of the United
States in 1861.
 wrote and spoke the Gettysburg Address.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, that on
paper freed slaves.
Lincoln was married to Mary Todd and had 4
children.
Finally, he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14,
1865.

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September 5, 2010, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-
inaugurated
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13. Black Hawks War