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Born
Abraham Lincoln was the secondborn child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He was born in a small, one-room, log cabin. He was born on the Sinking Spring Farm. -
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Mother Dies
Abraham Lincoln's mother dies when he is 9. His father later remarried and he loved his stepmother much like his birth mother. -
Recieved Law Deree
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Married
He married Marry Todd after the were engaged a year prior. Lincoln broke off the original engagement but later they reunited and got married. -
Elected President
President Lincoln is elected president of the United States. He won 180 of 303 electoral votes. He revcieved the votes of the Northern free states but not the votes of the Southern free states. -
Civil War
The war between the North and South started when the southern states stated their secession. The north had the advantage of resources while the South had the advantage of war strategy. They faught to keep the South from seceding sand to end slavery. -
"Willie" Dies
Apraham Lincoln's son dies while he is in office. He died of a fever at age 11. -
Signed the Emancipation Proclamation
This document was signed stating it would free all slaves. It was put into action on January 1, 1863. -
Gettysburg Address
A speech was given by Lincoln at a soldiers grave sight. The speech talked of a nation founded on freedom. The speech was 260 words long. -
Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth shot President lincoln at Ford's theatre in Washington D.C. He tried to escape by jumpping out of the play box and running to a nearby farm. Police discovered him 13 days after the asault. President Lincoln was attening the play in celebration of the end of the war. -
Civil War Ended
After the death of 625,000- 850,000 men, the war was pronounced over.The confederates lost the war and slavery was abolished. 1 in 13 veterans from the war was left an amputee. So much was lost yet so much was won. This date is based on the declaration of the end of the war.
