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PRESI DENT OF THE UNI TED STATES OF
AMERI CA
Abraham Lincoln
Background



Lincoln was born on the 12
th
February 1809
He was born in Kentucky
Later moved to Indiana

Rise Into Politics


In 1830 he moves to Illinois
Serves on the state legislature for one term
Then teaches himself Law
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
Challenged the sitting U.S. Senator
Wins the 1860 Election with 183 0f 303 electoral
collage votes
Civil War
Southern States leave the Union and form the
Confederate Army
The Civil War lasts 4 years ending in victory for the
union

Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is often thought as
one of the major parts of the civil war
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the 10 states
that were in rebellion
Persons among those freed could be enrolled into the
paid service of United States' forces


Gettysburg Address
Assassination
John Wilkes Booth was a well-known actor and a
Confederate spy from Maryland
On the 14
th
April 1865, Booth shot Lincoln in the
back of the head


Legacy
In surveys ranking Presidents since the 1940s,
Lincoln is consistently ranked in the top three, often
#1
President Lincoln's assassination made him a
national martyr and endowed him with recognition
of mythic proportion.