#16 – Abraham Lincoln

#16 – Abraham Lincoln Born: February 12,

1809 Birthplace: Hardin

County, Kentucky Term: 1861-65 Political Party:

Republican Vice Presidents:

Hannibal Hamlin – Andrew Johnson

Children: 4; all boys Died April 15, 1865

#16 – Abraham Lincoln 1816: Family moves to Indiana. They

disapproved of slavery in Kentucky. Did not attend school – lived in the

Wilderness. 1818: Mother dies 1830: Lincoln moves to Illinois. 1832: Served as Captain of

volunteers in the Black Hawk War, but saw no action.

1833-36: postmaster of New Salem, Illinois

#16 – Abraham Lincoln 1834-42: elected to the Illinois legislature. (He

was a Whig) 1836: licensed to practice law. (lawyer) 1839: Moved to Springfield, Illinois. 1842: married Mary Todd. 1847-49: Elected to the U.S. House of

Representatives from Illinois. Feb. 1850: Ed Lincoln. His youngest son, dies

of tuberculosis. 1854: Kansas-Nebraska Act passed –

Republican party formed. 1855: tries to run for the state Senate but does

not get elected.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln 1856: Unsuccessful

candidate for the Republican Vice-Presidential election.

1858: Tries to run for Senate.

Lincoln/Douglas Debates. House Divided Speech Lincoln does not win the

U.S. Senate Seat.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln 1860: Now well known, because of the

debates, he runs for President. 1861-65: Elected the 16th President of the

U.S.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln 1860: South Carolina secedes when

Lincoln is elected. 1861: Appoints all his major rivals to

key cabinet positions. Why? He wanted to show the south that they

were united. March 1861: Six states join South

Carolina in seceding from the Union. They did not want an anti-slavery president.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter is fired upon.

“First shots of the Civil War”

#16 – Abraham Lincoln April 14, 1861: 4 more states join the

Confederacy after the north threatens to use force on the South. 11 states make up the Confederate Sates of America.

April 15, 1861: Lincoln calls for 75,000 troops to serve 6 months in order to repossess forts and other property seized from the Union.

After the First Battle of Bull Run he called for 500,000 soldiers to serve for three years.

June 1862: son William Lincoln dies of a fever. (11 years old)

#16 – Abraham Lincoln Why fight? To preserve the

Union. The Constitution protected

slavery. However, in time of war Lincoln believed that the Commander in Chief could abolish slavery as a military necessity. (1863)

January 1, 1863: He issues the Emancipation Proclamation. This freed all slaves in the rebelling states.

It also allows African Americans to serve in the Union Army.

Gettysburg Address – 1863 After the Battle of Gettysburg,

Lincoln helps dedicate the Gettysburg battle site as a national cemetery.

Lincoln states that in order to honor these dead we must have “A new birth of freedom” ….

Slavery is now the main reason for the war.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln 1864: Lincoln runs for re-election. His

opponent is Democrat George McClellan. Lincoln Wins, thanks to the victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. (turning point battles)

January 1865 – Lincoln urges Congress to pass the 13th amendment. It officially abolishes slavery in the US.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln

April 9, 1865: the south surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln April 14, 1865: 5 days after the Civil War

ended Lincoln is assassinated. Abraham and Mary Todd were attending a

play at Ford’s Theatre “Our American Cousin”

#16 – Abraham Lincoln John Wilkes Booth, a Southern

sympathizer, sneaked into the booth that Lincoln and Mary were in.

He pointed a small revolver between his spine and left ear and shot.

Booth Jumped off the balcony yelling “ Sic Semper Tyranus” – (Thus always to tyrants). He escapes….

#16 – Abraham Lincoln Lincoln is taken

to the Peterson house across from the theatre. He is pronounced dead at 7:22 am

First Presidential Assassination.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln Interesting Facts: 1861: Civil War begins 1863: Gettysburg address and the

Emancipation Proclamation issued. 1863: Thanksgiving declared a national

holiday. 1865:13th amendment 1865: Civil War ends. 1865: First President assassinated.

#16 – Abraham Lincoln Inventions: 1861: transcontinental telegraph. 1862: Ironclads – first iron ships. (Monitor and

Merrimack) 1864: First submarine – Hunley (C.S.A) States Admitted: 1863: West Virginia – breaks away from Virginia

did not believe in seceding from the Union. 1864: Nevada