Abraham Lincoln was born
on February 12, 1809. He was the 16th President of the United States of America.
He was President from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865 and was reelected in
1871. His Vice-President was Andrew Johnson.
Abraham Lincoln was born
in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He had very little schooling and was mostly
self-educated. He eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician; then he
earned the nickname "Honest Abe." Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd
in 1842; they had four kids all boys, but only one (Robert) survived childhood.
Lincoln was elected President
in 1860. During his presidency, the Southern states left from the Union because
Lincoln and the Northern states were against slavery. Six weeks after becoming
President, the South started the Civil War. In this war, the Northern states
(the Union) fought the Southern states (called the Confederacy). The Civil War
lasted from 1861 until 1865.
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued
the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in the USA. During the
Civil War, Lincoln gave many speeches, including the Gettysburg Address (Nov.
1863).
Lincoln was re-elected President in 1864. General
Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865,
effectively ending the Civil War. John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln on
April 14, 1865. Lincoln had been attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next morning. He was
the first US president ever assassinated. Andrew Johnson became the next US
President.
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