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Born near the little town of hodgeenville.
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Mother died of a mysterous desease Abraham was depressed for years.
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Got kicked in the head by a horse and it was said that he was "dead fo a time".
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Moved to west illinois to try politics.
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He decided to run for the illinois legislature and lost because only his town voted for him.
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Andrew Jackson appointed Lincoln post master lincoln was suprised but accepted the job.
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He ran for legislature again and got elected this time and got reelectrd in 1836,1838 and in1840.
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he was intrested in becoming a lawyer so he became a politician and a lawyer.
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He served fourth terrm in illinoys house of represenaives.
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Decided to marry Mary but the marrage got cancled then in 1842 they decded to marry again on november 4th.
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He had four sons Robert Todd, William,Thomas and Edward.
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Walt Whitman wrote his first book of poetry Leaves Of Grass.
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Around this time basball was the most popular sport.
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Soldiers ayed football, fot racinng, wresling, baseball, and horse racing during the civil war to keep them intertained.
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He got elected priesident of the United States
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Throught the civil war soldiers had dress codes but not all followed it. Federal officers had to wear a dress coat and were given light blue pants and black shoes they called "gunboats" and a cap called a kepi. most of the colors they wore were brown and gray and women wore big puffy dresses.
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Chvil war was begining. By this time around more than 10% of the men at home had to serve in the war.
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Soldiers sang songs to entertain themselfs and relieve home sickness and lonlieness they also sang while they marched to keep themselfs in spep with eachother.
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During the cvil war nearley 680,000 of the men died leaving their loved ones at home the family eould scan the lists of casualities in newspapers after a batle for their husbands name.
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After Aberham was elected priesident the civil war begins.
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Around this time a law was passd saying that men whoowned more than 20 slaves did not have to join the army.
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Some southern armys sold cotton to northerners and used he money it earned to buy the supplies they needed.
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Aberham helped write the final verson of the emancipation proclimation.
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"Dixie" was a popular type of music with the politicians around this time.
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He was asassinated in washngtion , D.C. during a play.
