A

brahamLincoln

H
onestAbe

F
ebruary12,1809

AbeLincolnwasthe16th
PresidentoftheUnitedStates,
andduringhispresidency,the
U.S.wasgoingthroughthe
worstcrisissincethe
RevolutionaryWar.

AbrahamLincolnhad
severalnicknames,ranging
fromHonestAbe,toThe
GreatEmancipator

AbrahamLincolnwasborn
onFebruary12,anddied56
yearslateronApril14thby
assassination.

M
aryToddLincoln

Fa
mily

Ed
ucation

AbrahamLincolnmarried
MaryToddaftera
postponementintheir
engagementwhichdepressed
him.Theywerethenmarried
onNovember4th,1842.

Lincolnhadfourchildren.
Threeofthosechildren
nevermadeitbeyond18
yearsofage.Theonly
survivingonewasRobert
ToddLincoln.

AbrahamLincolndidnt
receiveaformaleducation
untilnearingmanhood.He
taughthimselflawbyreading
WilliamBlackstones
CommentariesontheLawsof
England
.

Re
ligion

St
ate

Po
liticalParty

HeentertainedChristian
sentiments,butneverstated
thathepracticedChristianity.

AbrahamLincolnwasborn LincolnrepresentedtheWhig
inKentucky.Helivedwithin Partyin1834asaLawyer.
HardinCounty,inaforested
Hewasthefirst
area,andlivedinalog
representativeforthe
house.
RepublicanPartyinthe1860

presidentialelection.

Oc
cupations

Pol
iticalPosition

Op
ponents

Beforehebecamejoinedthe
U.S.Government,heworked
asaWoodsplitter,
shopkeeper,postmaster,
generalstoreowner,and
practicedlawintheJohnT.
Stuartlawfirm,inthatorder.

Duringthe1860presidential
election,AbrahamLincoln
ranastheRepublican
presidentialnominee.
LincolnwontheRepublican
nominationagainforthe
1864election,andwononce
again.

Duringthe1860Presidential
Election,AbrahamLincoln
ranagainstStephenDouglas.
Fouryearslater,

Ca
mpaignSlogan

Nu
mber16

El
ectionResultsof1860

1860:VoteYourselfaFarm
1864:DontSwapHorsesin
theMiddleofaStream

SucceedingJamesBuchanan
inthepresidency,theman
whodidnothingtoaid
Americaasitspiraledinto
chaos,Lincolnbecamethe
sixteenthPresident.

The1860Presidential
Electionswereparticularly
onesided,withLincoln
gaining40%oftheoverall
vote.Moreimportantly,
Lincolnwon60%ofthe
electoralcollegevote,the
precursortohislegacy.

Vi
cePresidents

T
ermsServed

Em
ancipationProclamation

1860electionswithrunning
mateHannibalHamlin.

AbrahamLincolnservedone
Anexecutiveorderby
fullterm,butafterashort
AbrahamLincolnonJanuary
timebeingreelected,hewas 1stthatmadeallpeoplewho
assassinatedbyJohnWilkes
areslavesinrebellious
Booth.
statesfree.

C
ivil
W
ar

Ab
olitionofSlavery

Def
eatfortheU.S.Senate

The13thAmendmentwas
passedonApril8th,1864,
abouttwomonthsafter
Lincolndied,whichprohibited
slaveryorinvoluntary
servitudeintheUnitedStates.

AbrahamLincolnwas
electedbyIllinoisState
Legislatureforaseatinthe
Senate,buttheSenate
declinedtheseat.

Lincolnwaselectedpresident
twomonthsbeforethestartof
theCivilWar.Hisriseto
presidencyisoneofthe
underlyingcausesofwhy
somestatessecededfromthe
Union.

St
atesSecede

Co
nfederacy

AfterLincolnswinofthe
presidentialrace,South
Carolinasecededfromthe
Union,followedbysixmore
southernstates,inorderto
createtheConfederateStates
ofAmerica.

SouthCarolinasecededfrom
theUniononDecember20,
1860.Itssecessionwas
followedbyGeorgia,
Florida,Alabama,
Mississippi,Texas,
Louisiana,Virginia,
Arkansas,NorthCarolina,
andTennessee.

E
mancipation
P
roclamation

TheEmancipation
Proclamationwasnotonly
Lincolnscleverwaytofree
theslaves,butitalso
demonstratedaPresidents
powerduringawar,asthe
EmancipationProclamation
waslabeledafitand
necessarywarmeasure.

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on

DefeatedConfederatesoldiers
couldntbeexiledasitwould
bebadforthefutureintegrity
oftheUnitedStates,so
Lincolnpardonedeachone,
butnotthosewhocommitted
highcrimes.

Fr
eeSlaves

TheEmancipation
Proclamationencouraged
slavesinthesouthtoflee
theirplantations,notonly
weakeningtheConfederates
army,butalsoaligninghis
beliefthatAllMenare
CreatedEqualtohismilitary
strategy.

Se
cretService

Sc
hooling

H
at

AbrahamLincolncreatedthe
SecretServicehoursbefore
hisassassination

Lincolnonlyhad18months
offormaleducation

Hekeptimportantdocuments
inhishat

Tu
rkey

Wr
estling

VP
Woes

Heestablishedthe
Thanksgivingholiday

AbrahamLincolnwrestled
asayoungadult.

WinningIllinoisvotefor
nomination,Lincolnwasin
lineforVicePresidencybut
thetitledidntsuithim
enoughsohegraciously
failedtowintheconvention
inPhiladelphia.

De
pression

Ec
onomy

Pr
otectingCivilRights

AbrahamLincolnstruggled
TheCivilWarquicklytook
withclinicaldepressionfora itstollontheU.S.economy.
majorityofhislife,allcoming
WiththeGovernment
fromthedeathsofloved
alreadyindebtpriortothe
onesrangingfromparentsto war,costsonlymountedso
hisownchildrenand
Lincolndidallhecouldto
politicalturmoil.
marshalltheAmerican

economytopayforthewar

needs.

TheGettysburgAddress
proclaimedLincolns
immortaldeclarationofall
menarecreatedequal,thus
creatingtheEmancipation
Proclamationtonotonly
weakentheConfederate
army,butrebuildnotawhite
America,notablack
America,buttheUnited
StatesofAmerica.

LincolnshotbyJohnWilkes
Booth.

Lincolnmeetingwith
McCLellanaftertheBattle
ofAntietam.

YoungAbereadingbythe
fire.

LincolnservingintheHouse
ofRepresentatives.

MaryToddLincoln,
Abrahamswife.

Lincolnduringhis1861
InauguralAddress.

Lincolnwithhisfamily
travelingontheUnionPacific
Railroad.

YoungLincolncuttingup
wood.

PresidentLincolnlooking
verysuave.


PaintingofLincolnlooking
suave.