Abraham Lincoln by KATIE SARVER https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6 Katie Sarver. Period 6. en-us 2017-02-02 17:18:41 UTC 2025-12-24 01:50:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Background information: 19sarverk https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151505106 Born: February 12, 1809, Hodgenville,  KY.
Assassinated: April 15, 1865.
Spouse: Mary Todd Lincoln ( 1842–1865)
Parents: Thomas Lincoln, Nancy Lincoln
Siblings: Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, Thomas Lincoln
Children: Farther to four children. Robert Todd Lincoln was born in 1843 and Edward Baker Lincoln (Eddie) in 1846. Edward died on February 1, 1850, in Springfield. "Willie" Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died of a fever on February 20, 1862. The Lincolns' fourth son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, was born on April 4, 1853, and died of heart failure at the age of 18 on July 16, 1871.
]]> 2017-02-03 17:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151505106 19sarverk https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151895544 2017-02-06 17:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151895544 19sarverk https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151896903 2017-02-06 17:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151896903 Election: 19sarverk https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151898014 In 1860. Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. In the November 1860 election, Lincoln once again went against Douglas, who represented a heavily divided Democratic party. as well as Breckinridge and bell. ]]> 2017-02-06 17:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151898014 Accomplishments: 19sarverk https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151901171 1.) Lincoln not only became the 16th president of the United States on November 6, 1860. He only won two of the 996 counties in Southern states, but he did receive around 500,000 more votes than Douglas. 
2.) He signed the first of the Homestead Acts, allowing poor people to obtain land. 
3.)He signed the Morrill LandGrant Act which led to creation of numerous universities.
4.)He issued the Emancipation Proclamation which led to ending of slavery in the US.
5.) He led the Union to victory in the American Civil War. 
6.) Lincoln planned Reconstuction. He wanted to work on how to reintegrate the conquered Southern States. 

]]> 2017-02-06 17:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/151901171 Quotes: 19sarverk https://padlet.com/19sarverk/qwlkkylng3t6/wish/152217116 1.)"In the end, its not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
2.) "My dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the best hope of the earth."
3.)"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you wanted to test a man's character, give him power."

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