ABRAHAM LINCOLN STUDENT: GANNA FAROUK GRADE: 11B SUBJECT: BUSINESS Abraham Lincoln BACKGROUND Lincoln became born on February 12, 1809, to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. His own circle of relatives moved to southern Indiana in 1816. Lincoln's formal education became confined to 3 quick durations in neighborhood schools, as he needed to paintings continuously to help his own circle of relatives. As President, he constructed the Republican Party right into a robust country wide organization. Further, he rallied maximum of the northern Democrats to the Union cause. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared all the time unfastened the ones slaves in the Confederacy. Lincoln turned into born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky and turned into raised at the frontier, typically in Indiana. He turned into self-knowledgeable and have become a lawyer, Whig Party leader, Illinois kingdom legislator, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. In 1849, he lower back to his a success regulation exercise in critical Illinois. BACKGROUND Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years. Abraham Lincoln died from a bullet wound inflicted the night before by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer. He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln They had 4 children together : Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, Tad Lincoln. Lincoln's formal schooling was limited to three brief periods in local schools, as he had to work constantly to support his family. In 1830, his family moved to Macon County in southern Illinois, and Lincoln got a job working on a river flatboat hauling freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. STYLE he wrote several poems based on his childhood memories and developed a prose style that often bordered on the poetic. While president, he received many celebratory poems from the public which he read with pleasure and saved; he has since been the subject of hundreds of published poems. Lincoln spoke against slavery despite warnings that doing so was political suicide. At a time when the nation was divided on the issue of slavery, Lincoln took the unpopular position that “a house divided against itself cannot stand. Lincoln assembled a team of rivals – men who wanted to be president and who, after being named to his cabinet, continued to covet his job and often worked at cross-purposes to undermine their boss. Lincoln was a voracious reader and lifetime learner. His thinking was shaped by his character, his grasp of human nature and his common sense approach that helped him arrive at pragmatic decisions that were aligned with his personal values STYLE One of Lincoln's great leadership traits was his sense of integrity and strong principles. He was willing to compromise but his core principles did not change. He inspired loyalty and dedication. Lincoln's communication skills were extraordinary. Lincoln's democratic leadership style was successful, as he was the kind of person who always motivates others and made them have faith in whatever he believed. Lincoln always respected other opinions and always included his deputy ideas and strategies in decision making. One of Lincoln's greatest leadership traits was his sense of integrity and his strong belief in his principles. ACHEVIEMENTS Abraham Lincoln's Achievements: “House Divided” Speech. Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Presidential Election of 1860. First Inaugural Address. Emancipation Proclamation. Wartime Leadership. Gettysburg Address. Second Inaugural Address. references https://www.si.edu/spotlight/highlights-abraham-lincoln-1809-1865 https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/exhibits/CivilWarImagery/edwards_Assassination.cfm https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln https://hbr.org/2009/04/leadership-lessons-from-abraham-lincoln
