Abraham Lincoln
The 16 President
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
About Abraham Lincoln
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the
United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the national government and modernized the economy
When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the
Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort. His goal was to reunite the nation. He suspended habeas corpus, arresting and temporarily detaining thousands of suspected secessionists in the border states without trial. Lincoln averted British intervention by defusing the Trent affair in late 1861. His numerous complex moves toward ending slavery centered on the
Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, using the Army to protect escaped slaves, encouraging the border states to outlaw slavery, and helping push through
Congress the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which permanently outlawed slavery. Lincoln closely supervised the war effort, especially the selection of top generals, including commanding general Ulysses S. Grant.
Role in history
Abraham Lincoln was the 16 president.
Ended slavery
On the $5 bill and the penny
He was shot by John Wilkes Booth
Didn’t die on bullet contact
Early life
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln (née Hanks), in a oneroom log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County,
Kentucky[7] (now LaRue County). He is descended from
Samuel Lincoln, who arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts, from
Norfolk, England, in the 17th century
The family moved north across the Ohio River to free (i.e., nonslave) territory and made a new
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
About Abraham Lincoln
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the
United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the national government and modernized the economy
When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the
Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort. His goal was to reunite the nation. He suspended habeas corpus, arresting and temporarily detaining thousands of suspected secessionists in the border states without trial. Lincoln averted British intervention by defusing the Trent affair in late 1861. His numerous complex moves toward ending slavery centered on the
Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, using the Army to protect escaped slaves, encouraging the border states to outlaw slavery, and helping push through
Congress the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which permanently outlawed slavery. Lincoln closely supervised the war effort, especially the selection of top generals, including commanding general Ulysses S. Grant.
Role in history
Abraham Lincoln was the 16 president.
Ended slavery
On the $5 bill and the penny
He was shot by John Wilkes Booth
Didn’t die on bullet contact
Early life
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln (née Hanks), in a oneroom log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County,
Kentucky[7] (now LaRue County). He is descended from
Samuel Lincoln, who arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts, from
Norfolk, England, in the 17th century
The family moved north across the Ohio River to free (i.e., nonslave) territory and made a new