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Abe Lincoln was born in a log cabin in rural Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln.
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After deciding what to do as a career, Lincoln becomes a lawyer. He gained prominence in the field by defending some clients in very difficult cases.
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After a bit of a tumultous relationship, Lincoln finally marries his fiancee Mary Todd. They will stay together until Lincoln dies.
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Lincoln is nominated by the Republican party as a candidate for president. He goes up against Stephen A. Douglas, a Democrat.
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Lincoln is elected as the 16th president of the United States. He is the first Republican president. He enters the highest office in the land just before South Carolina secedes from the union in December of 1860.
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At 4:30 a.m., Confederate artillery opens fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. This signals the beginning of the Civil War, America's most brutal war.
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This document frees the slaves in the United States.
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The civil war comes to a close with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee.
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President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's theater in D.C.
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Abe Lincoln fictional film shows another side of President Lincoln as a vampire hunter. Fact or fiction? You decide.
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Biographical film starring Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln is released.
