LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

EVENTS BEFORE PRESIDENCY THAT SHOW LESDERHSHIP

• Being born into a humble situation
• Learning law and becoming a lawyer
• Ran for senate and lost multiple times

EVENTS BEFORE PRESIDENCY CONTINUED

• Was in poverty for most of his life
• Co owned a store with a friend
• Served in the black hawk war

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

• He was very intelligent and was able to argue effectively with about anyone
• He treated everyone equally and viewed the slaves as people too

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES CONTINUED

• He was very kind and saw what the slaves were going through and saw how it was wrong
• He was also very law intelligent and by that I mean he knew the laws very well and how to use them

LINCOLNS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A LAWYER

• Was widely considered the best lawyer in Illinois
• Won many cases as a lawyer
• Being a lawyer helped him win debates and elections

EDWIN STANTON "NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES"

• I think what Stanton meant by this was that now that Lincoln has died that his greatness now belongs just to history and also that now all of his deeds will be remembered by history

CITATIONS

• http://www.historynet.com/abraham-lincoln
• https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/life-before-the-presidency