The Smithsonian Needs You! by Brooke Brown https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp The Remarkable Life of Abraham Lincoln en-us 2021-12-08 14:49:45 UTC 2023-02-23 18:44:54 UTC hello@padlet.com The Gettysburg Address brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936079748 On November 19, 1863, Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where he gave his famous speech to honoring Union soldiers who sacrificed their lives to make the country a place of freedom and equality. This is his original speech. ]]> 2021-12-08 15:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936079748 The Gettysburg Address brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936100230 "…we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
]]> 2021-12-08 15:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936100230 Presidential Campaign Poster brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936120064 2021-12-08 15:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936120064 Section 1: President Lincoln was a skilled leader who followed his conscious with the goal of ending slavery, while leading our country through the turmoil and division of the American Civil War: brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936123944
  • Self-educated lawyer who entered the world of politics in 1825
  • In 1855, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, he ran for the U.S. Senate and lost, but was admired for his passionate campaign speeches against slavery
  • In 1860, he ran for President as a member of the anti-slavery, Republican party and won!
  • To preserve the Union and keep our country together, he promised existing slave states that they could remain slave states, the South secedded and the American Civil War began 
  • In 1863, issued the Emancipation Proclaimation, liberating slaves in rebellion states
  • November 19, 1863 gave his famous Gettysburg Address speech
  • On April 14, 1865 he was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth; died the following day 
    • ]]>     2021-12-08 15:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936123944     Lincoln's Assassination brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936131570 2021-12-08 15:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936131570 Quote: brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936157662 "I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."     - Abraham Lincoln]]> 2021-12-08 15:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936157662 Emancipation Proclamation brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936204101 2021-12-08 15:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936204101 Section 2: President Lincoln deserves to be honored because he sacrificed his life in order to push our country in a direction where the words of freedom in our Constitution will one day ring true, he did all of this while also passing legislation that shaped our country into the economic manufacturing powerhouse. brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936209637
  • Driving force behind the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery in the U.S. 
  • The Homestead Act of 1862: turned the Great Plains into the Breadbasket of America, allowing the country to feed the growing populations in cities back East.
  • The Pacific Railway Act of 1862: Constructed the Transcontinental Railroad, connecting the East and West coast, now resources and manufactured goods can be transported to national markets across the country making America an economic powerhouse.
  • Known as the “Great Emancipator” for following his conscious and bringing an end to cruel system of slavery


    • ]]>     2021-12-08 15:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936209637     Bibliography brownb3 https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936297945 2021-12-08 16:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brownb3/o7zo2msqa85b8ayp/wish/1936297945