Abraham Lincoln

Abraham’s Birth

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 to Tomas and Nancy Lincoln in a one room log-cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky.

1816 SOUTHERN INDIANA

His family moved to Southern Indiana in 1816. Lincoln’s mother passed away when he was 9 years old in 1818, and his father remarried the following year (1819).

Three brief periods in local schools

Lincoln had limited formal education, he loved reading and his stepmother encouraged him to learn.

1830 MOVES TO ILLINOIS WITH TEAM OF OXEN

In 1830 at the age of 21 Lincoln helps his family moves to Illinois by driving their team of oxen on the 200-mile trek.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, POSTMASTER and member of BOAT CREW

After moving to Illinois Abraham starts working at the age of 21. He worked cutting up logs to make fences and working on a boat crew .

1832 FIRST POLITICAL OFFICE

In 1832 Lincoln ran for his first political office in Illinois state legislature but lost.

1834 SECOND POLITICAL OFFICE

In 1834 Abraham ran for the second time and won.

WON RE-ELECTION 4 TIMES

He went on to win re-election three more times, serving a total of four times in the Illinois state legislature.

IN 1836 ABRAHAM BECAME LAWYER

Abraham was a self-taught lawyer and passed the bar examination in 1836.

IN 1837 ABRAHAM MOVED TO NEWLY NAMED STATE CAPITAL OF SRINGFIELD

In 1837 Abraham moved to the newly named state capital of Springfield, Illinois and worked as a lawyer there. Involved small disputes to murder

IN 1842 MARY TODD

In 1842 Abraham Lincoln met and married Mary Todd a wealthy woman from Kentucky who had many suitors including Lincoln’s future political rival, Stephen Douglas.

ABRAHAM 4 CHILDREN

The couple had 4 children, but only one, Robert, lived to adulthood. Edward, William and Thomas Lincoln.

1846 ABRAHAM

WON ELECTION U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

In 1846, Lincoln won election to the U.S. House of Representatives and began serving the following year 1847.

LINCOLN WAS UNPOPULAR AS CONGRESSMAN

Lincoln was unpopular with many Illinois voters for his strong opposition to the Mexican-American War.

IN 1849 ABRAHAM RETURNED TO SPRINGFIELD

Abraham returned to Springfield, Illinois in 1849 after promising not to seek re-election and ending his political career.

IN 1854, STEPHEN DOUGLAS A LEADING DEMOCRAT KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

In 1854 Stephen Douglas a leading democrat in Congress, pushed through the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which declared the voters of each territory had the right to decide whether it would be slave or free.

OCTOBER 16, 1854, LINCOLN DEBATED IN PEORIA ILLINOIS

On October 16, 1854, Lincoln debated against Douglas in Peoria Illinois, denouncing slavery and its extension into territories.

ABRAHAM CALLED THE INSTITUTION A VIOLATION

Abraham called the institution a violation of the most basic tenets of the Declaration of Independence

IN 1856 ABRAHAM JOINED REPUBLICAN PARTY

Abraham joined the new Republican Party formed largely in opposition to slavery’s extension into territories.

JUNE 16, 1858 ABRAHAM KICKED OF HIS BID

On june 16, 1858 at the Illinois Republican convention, Lincoln kicked off his bid for the U.S. senate with his famous “House Divided” speech

HOUSE DIVIDE SPEECH

JUNE 16, 1858

Abraham stated that this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free.

1858, A SERIES OF DEBATES AGAINST DOUGLAS

Later in 1858, he participated in a series of debates against Douglas to try to take his seat in the senate but lost. But became well-known nationally for his speeches and beliefs.

MAY, 1860 CHOSEN AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PRESIDENT

Abraham was chosen as the Republican candidate president and won the presidency in the 1860 general election by carrying most of the north and the electoral college in May 1860.

THE SEVEN SOUTHERN LEFT FOR CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

Seven southern states had left the union and formed the confederate states of America.

SEVEN SOUTHERN CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas

APRIL 12, 1861 CIVIL WAR BEGAN

Civil war began April 12, 1861, when the confederates attacked Fort Sumter, a Union Fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.

“BATTLE OF BULL RUN” DEFEAT

The union suffered a defeat in the battle of bull run and Lincoln called for 500,000 more troops as both sides prepared for a long conflict.

January 1st, 1863, EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION SIGNED

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which declared all enslaved people in the states currently in rebellion against the union

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

“Shall be then thencefoward and forever free”

4 STATES DID NOT APPLY THE PROCLAMATION

The proclamation did not apply to the 4 states that did not sucede from the Union.

PROCLAMATION APPLIED ONLY TO THE:

Slave states and 200,000 black soldiers who had joined the union army by the end of the war.

IN 1864, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Abraham won the presidential election in 1864 while civil war was still ongoing

IN APRIL 9, 1865 CONFEDERACY surrendered to the UNION ARMY

The confederacy surrendered to the union army on April 9, 1865 and the civil war came to an end

ABRAHAM’S MURDER APRIL 14, 1865 BY JOHN WILKES BOOTH

On the night of April 14, 1865. John Wilkes Booth, an actor and confederate sympathizer, assassinated Lincoln.

JOHN WILKES BOOTH

John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in Washington D.C. He shot him point blank in the back of the head.

APRIL 15, 1865

ABRAHAM LINCOLNS DEATH

Lincoln died in the early morning of April 15, 1865.

13th AMENDMENT PASSAGE abolished slavery

Lincoln pushed for the passage of the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in the U.S

1865, 13th AMENDMENT RATIFIED

The 13th amendment was ratified in 1865 after Lincoln’s death.

Emancipation was one of his greatest achievements.