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when Lincoln was a small child he was kicked in the head by a horse and they thought he was dead for serverl days

he got he name honest abe because he did actually say once that he could not tell a lie

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Emancipation proclamation: Lincoln signed an order to free all slaves in Confederate states. While this did not completely abolish slavery in the country, it was by far the biggest turning point in American history regarding slavery.
Start of the Civil War: The American Civil War started on April 12th, 1861. The first act was a 33-hour bombardment on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

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Party affiliation: Republican, Whig

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Abraham Lincoln was the first president to die of assassination. He was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and Confederate spy from Maryland. Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. where he and his wife were attending the play Our American Cousin on April 14, 1865, which was Good Friday. Lincoln was shot once, at point blank range, at approximately 10:15 PM.

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" vote yourself a farm "

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going into the presidential election of 1860, the issue of slavery had heated the nation to the boiling point.

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was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Abrahamm didn't go to school but he taught himself how to be a lawyer and to read

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before he became president  , he was the postmaster for the area he lied in .

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Born: February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm, Kentucky
Died: April 15, 1865, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865)

Andrew Jackson ( 1865)

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Abraham spent his formative years, from the age of 7 to 21, on the family farm in Southern Indiana. As was common on the frontier, Lincoln received a meager formal education, the aggregate of which may have been less than twelve months. However, Lincoln continued to learn on his own from life experiences and through reading and reciting what he had read or heard from others.

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Parents: Nancy Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, Sarah Bush Lincoln

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Children: Tad Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln

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Spouse: Mary Todd Lincoln (m. 1842-1865)