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The Birth of Abraham Lincoln
He was born in Harbin County Kentucky. -
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln
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First Move
Abe and his mother and father moved to Perrin County Indiana. -
Lincoln's Mother Dies
Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks dies. His father remarries a woman named Sarah Bush Johnston. Lincoln was close to his stepmother. -
Second Move Due to Milk
Lincoln and father and stepmother move to Macon County Illinois in 1830 due to a milk sickness outbreak. -
Political Career Begins
Lincoln ran for the General Assembly, but did not win. -
Elected to State Legislature
He was considered to be part of the Whig Party. -
Marriage to Mary Todd
Lincoln married Mary Tood who was the daughter of a wealthy slave owner form Kentucky. -
U.S. House of Representatives
Lincoln served one term in the House of Representatives. -
Elected 16th President of The United States
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Confederate States of America Formed
South Carolina took the lead on December 20 , 1860 ; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,[101] and Texas had followed by forming their own country, the Confederates States of America. -
President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
"to form a more perfect union" -
American Civil War
American Civil War Begins -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freeing slaves in Union Territories -
Gettysburg Address
Speech was given in victory of the Union in the American Civil War.
