WHO WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

BORN:

• Febuary 12, 1809
• Hodgenville, Kentucky

MOST NOTABLE THINGS

• 16th president
• Emancipation Proclamation (ended slavery)
• Wrote and spoke the Gettysburg Address

EARLY LIFE

• Born in a one room log cabin
• He had 1 sister and 1 brother who died
• Moved to Indiana in 1816
• Always hardworking, well respected, strong, and liked to read
• His mother died when he was 9

EARLY LIFE (CONTINUED)

• Worked all the time because his family was poor
• His father remarried a women with 3 children

EDUCATION

• Had less than 1 year of school
• Taught himself by reading books over and over

OCCUPATIONS

• Lawyer
• President
• Boatman
• Store clerk
• Surveyor and militia soldier

DEATH

• Theater in Washington DC
• Shot in the back of the head (assassinated)
• April 15,1865

HOW HAS THE WORLD BENEFITED👍

• Helped start the movement for equal rights
• Ended slavery
• Kept the country together

OTHER FACTS

• Often called America's greatest president
• He had 4 sons
• Stuffed letters and important papers in his hat
• Established an actual Thanksgiving day
• Grew a beard because of a girl's letter to him

I chose Abraham Lincoln, because he ended slavery and is one of the best presidents we have ever had.

INSPIRED

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