Abraham Lincoln

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  • birth date

    Born in Kentucky

  • the family moved to Indiana

  • Mother's death

  • Sister's death

  • Family moved west to Illinois

  • running for the Illinois General Assembly

    and loses the election

  • second state legislature campaign running as a Whig

    which was succesful

  • he voted to expand suffrage beyond white landowners to all white males

  • marriage with Marry Todd

    marriage with Marry Todd

  • Elected to the US House of Representatives, served a two year term

  • in his "Peoria Speech", Lincoln declared his opposition to slavery

    in his "Peoria Speech", Lincoln declared his opposition to slavery

    claiming he cannot but hate it

  • Lincoln joined the Republicans

  • Lincoln delivers a powerful speech in New York which puts him in the running to be the Republican candidate for President

    Lincoln delivers a powerful speech in New York which puts him in the running to be the Republican candidate for President

  • Lincoln is elected as the 16th president

    Lincoln is elected as the 16th president

  • Seven southern states, South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana, secede from the Union

  • Confederate troops fire on Fort Sumter, beginning the Civil War

  • Lincoln sends 75,000 troops to battle to "preserve the Union"

  • Lincoln declares the Emancipation Proclamation, and Congress creates the 13th amendment, which outlaws slavery and frees all slaves

    Lincoln declares the Emancipation Proclamation, and Congress creates the 13th amendment, which outlaws slavery and frees all slaves

  • Lincoln gives his famous "Gettysburg Address", which impressed the belief that all people are created equal

    Lincoln gives his famous "Gettysburg Address", which impressed the belief that all people are created equal

  • Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address

    Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address

  • John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at a play in Ford Theater

    John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at a play in Ford Theater

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