Abraham
Lincoln
A Civil Rights leader !!!
By: Alexander Alexander
Introduction
In 1834, Lincoln was elected to the state legislature, in which he served four
successive terms and achieved prominence as a Whig. In 1836 he obtained his license
as an attorney, and the next year he moved to Springfield, where he became a law
partner of John T. Stuart. Lincoln's practice steadily increased. That first partnership was
succeeded by others, with Stephen T. Logan and then with William H. Herndon, who was
later to be Lincoln's biographer. Lincoln displayed great ability in law, a ready grasp of
argument, and sincerity, color, and lucidity of speech.
In 1842 he married Mary Todd after a troubled courtship. He continued his
interest in politics and entered on the national scene by serving one term in Congress. He
remained obscure, however, and his attacks as a Whig on the motives behind the
Mexican War (though he voted for war supplies) seemed unpatriotic to his constituents,
so he lost popularity at home. Lincoln worked hard for the election of the Whig candidate,
Zachary Taylor, in 1848, but when he was not rewarded with the office he desired—
Commissioner of the General Land Office—he decided to retire from politics and return to
the practice of law
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A-America
Lincoln was born and raised in America
and I don’t think he ever left here.
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B-Birth
"I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County,
Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of
undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I
should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was
of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed
from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a
wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still
in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came
of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read,
write, and cipher ... but that was all."
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C-Congress
Abraham Lincoln was an important part of
congress before, during, and after his
presidency.
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D-Dollar
Lincoln is on the $5 bill because he
was an important person in American
history.
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E-Emancipation Proclamation
Whereas on the 22d day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the president of the
United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all
persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the
United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such
persons and will do not act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their
actual freedom. "That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States
and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United
States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the
Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of
such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States. "Now,
therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commanderin-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and
government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on
this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full
period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of
States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to
wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St.
Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including
the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia
(except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomack,
Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth),
and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of
the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said
designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of
the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of
said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in
necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for
reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received
into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man
vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the
Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of
Almighty God.
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F-Four Score &
seven years
ago
“Four Score & seven years
ago”, is what Abraham Lincoln
said to start off his 3 minuet
speech.
G-Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great
civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so
dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for
those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not
dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The
brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far
above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long
remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is
for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which
they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these
honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave
the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a
new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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H-Honest Abe
Abraham Lincoln is not called “Honest
Abe”, for nothing. He is called that for his
honesty& trustworthiness.
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I-Illinois
Abraham Lincoln was born & raised in
Illinois.
J-Johnston
1861 enlisted by Bedford Forrest as a
scout, Fort Donelson, partisan ranger
activity in Kentucky, Col., joined John Hunt
Morgan's command, Ohio raid, June 1864
Brig. Gen., at Grubb's Cross Roads was
shot and blinded by his own troops, soon
exchanged, continued to serve.
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K-Killed
On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was
assassinated at Ford's Theatre in
Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an
actor, who somehow thought he was
helping the South. The opposite was the
result, for with Lincoln's death, the
possibility of peace with magnanimity died.
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L-Log Cabin
Lincoln was born and raised in a log cabin
that looked like this one.
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M-Mary Todd
Mary Todd was the daughter of Robert
Smith Todd, a successful businessman,
and Eliza Parker Todd, who came from a
well-connected family. Mary was given an
excellent education for a young woman of
her time, and she later boasted about how
well she had learned
N-Nick names
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ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, HONEST
ABE, THE RAILSPLITTER, OR THE
GREAT
EMANCIPATOR
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O-One Hundred & fifty years ago
One-hundredand-fifty years ago,
Americans went to
war with themselves.
Disunion revisits and
reconsiders
America’s most
perilous period using
contemporary
accounts, diaries,
images and historical
assessments to
follow the Civil War
as it unfolded.
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P-President
Lincoln was the 16th president and one of
the most famous presidents.
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Q-Quotes
Abrahams quotes were, The Gettysburg
address, The Emancipation Proclamation.
R-Reelected
Abraham was reelected for his
awesomeness and his education in being a
president.
S-Slavery
Abraham HATED slavery.
T-Tall
Abraham Lincoln was very tall. Can’t you
tell.
U-Under estimate
Never
under
estimate
Abraham
Lincolns
power.
V-5 in roman numerals
Abe Lincoln is on the 5 dollar bill.
W-Water
Abraham Lincoln had to drink water to
stay alive.
X-10 in roman numerals
The Gettysburg Address was a short
speech that only lasted three minuets and
only had 10 lines.
Z-Zander
Abraham Lincoln is Zander’s favorite
civil rights leader.
Conclusion
He died …
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