Abraham Lincoln by Xavier Thibodeaux https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg en-us 2017-01-05 15:01:39 UTC 2026-01-04 23:29:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Playcontrol.png Why was Abraham Lincoln important because In 1863, the National Banking Act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln. It created the United States National Banking System providing a strong financial network to the country. It also established a national currency. The legacy of the Act is its impact on the national banking system as it stands today and its support of a uniform U.S. banking policy. Apart from banks, Lincoln helped the economy flourish through canals, railroads, factories and more. xt162624 https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145687444 2017-01-06 14:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145687444 Fast Fact xt162624 https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145693654 He was the only president to have a patent: Lincoln invented a device to free steamboats that ran aground.

He practiced law without a degree. Lincoln had about 18 months of formal schooling.

He wanted women to have the vote in 1836. The future president was a suffragette before it became fashionable.

]]> 2017-01-06 14:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145693654 How did Abraham Lincoln change the world Abraham Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War ensured the survival of a unified United States that is stronger than two neighboring, independent nations would have been. Lincoln also changed how the public perceived the conflict, portraying it as a battle for human freedom and equality. His actions were instrumental in putting an end to slavery and putting the country on the course toward a new era of race relations. xt162624 https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145694865 2017-01-06 14:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145694865 His Death xt162624 https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145698816 Abraham's death shocked the country the man how killed him John Wilkes Booth was hunted and tracked down by the Union military and was brunt  alive and everyone how was there with him.All of the North was morning and Union troops went to the South and forced them to morn for their fallen leader but most of the South refused and rather die under the Confederate flag then morn for Lincoln]]> 2017-01-06 14:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/xt162624/pota3pob22vg/wish/145698816