ABRAHAM LINCON

BY:MONROE PERSON

ABOUT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL

built on May 30, 1922

March 1867 the U.S. Congress incorporated the Lincoln Monument Association

3,600 people people visit yearly

the site was not selected until 1902

February 9, 1911 congress authorized the construction

the construction started February 12, 1914 (lincon`s birthday)

May 30, 1922 the memorial was finished and dedicated

ABE AS A CITIZEN“Four score and seven years ago,our father brought forth on this continent a new nation, convinced in Liberty ,and dedicated to the proposal that all men are created equal.” These are the opening words of Abraham Lincoln `s Gettysburg Address .it is often called the most famous speech in American history. At the time Lincoln gave the speech, the Civil War speech ,the Civil War was raging. His words and deeds have made him an extraordinary person in American history. Lincoln helped America from breaking apart in its greatest crisis, the Civil War.

FACTS

The sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War (1861–1865).

Born: February 12, 1809 Hodgenville, Kentucky Died: April 14, 1865 Washington, D.C

Abe`s mom died when he was nine and his dad got re-married to Sarah Bush Johnson.

After the war he announced himself as a candidate for the Illinois legislature. In

1834, after another attempt, Lincoln was finally elected to the state legislature. When Lincoln expressed his disapproval with the Mexican War,it brought sharp

criticism from the people back in Illinios. They believed Lincoln was "not a patriot" and had not correctly represented his state in Congress.

FACTS (CONTINUED)

At the same time, Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861) drafted the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which would leave the decision of slavery up to the new territories. Lincoln thought the bill ignored the growing Northern determination to rid the nation of slavery. Soon, in opposition to the expansion of slavery, the Republican party was born.

Afterward, Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation called for the freeing of all slaves in territories still at war with the Union. Later, during his Gettysburg Address, he gave the war its universal meaning as a struggle to preserve a nation based on freedoms and dedicated to the idea "that all men are created equal."

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His work to free the slaves earned him the honorable reputation as the Great Emancipator. His ability to hold together a country torn apart by civil war would forever

secure his place as one of America's greatest presidents.

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