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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.
He was named president in 1861.

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Abraham Lincoln was very skeptical about religious like any young man. He kept his religious beliefs very silent and was very private. He was never an expert at Christian beliefs.

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On October 5, 1818, Nancy Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's mother, passed away from sickness. She succumbed to milk sickness. She died when her son was just 11.

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To fulfill his own burning ambition and become the unlikely savior of the Union, Lincoln had to first build a new national political party, confront the brilliant demagogue Stephen Douglas, and outmaneuver politicians of far greater standing.

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1861-1865
Lincoln introduced the freedom of black people while the south wanted slavery. Lincoln and the North Yankees fought against the south and won in 1865.

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On April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth , a famous actor and southern supporter, assassinated Lincoln at the Ford Theatre.

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Lincoln died on April 15, 1865. Passing away at a very young age of 66. Lincoln's redefinition of republican values has been stressed by many historians. Lincoln called the Declaration of Independence—which emphasized freedom and equality for all—the "sheet anchor" of republicanism beginning in the 1850s.

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The U.S. five dollar bill now in circulation has a portrait of him