The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln

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The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln
Page
Brandon
Lexi
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Personality and Appearance

• Intelligent
• Gawky
• Cunning
• Kind
• Caring

• Tall
• Skinny
• Beard
• Known for a big hat
• Wears a suit

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Birth

• Born Feb. 12,1809
• Born in log cabin
• Lived for short time in Kentucky
• Later moved to Knob Creek
• Father moved family to Indiana
• After a while they moved to Illinois because of a
  deadly milk sickness.

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Mother and Father

• Abrahams mom was one of the first people in the
  family to die
• Mom died of milk sickness, which is not a
  disease.
• Oct. 5, 1818 Lincolns father married Sarah
  Bush Johnston
• Because of an outspread of a deadly milk
  sickness, the Lincoln family set out to move to
  Illinois in 1830

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Lincoln is Elected

• Ran against Democrat Stephan A. Douglas
• Lincoln won the majority of electoral votes.
• Won entirely from the help of the North
• 1,865,908 votes total for Lincoln
  (40 of the popular vote)
• He won the electoral college
  and the election

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Emancipation Proclamation

• September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued his
  preliminary Proclamation of Emancipation
• Formalized it January 1, 1863
• Done after the 13th Amendment
• Had no effect on the border states
• The Confederacy was at a disadvantage because 3.5
  million of 9.5 million slaves grew foods and
  fibers for the Confederate Army

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Assassination

• Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our
  American Cousin.
• The assassination occurred during the 3rd act of
  the play.
• Lincoln was shot with a small derringer pistol.
• The audience was laughing when the assassin shot
  Lincoln.
• John Wilkes Booth was the assassin.
• He escaped that day but was killed 12 days later
  resisting arrest for murder.
• Lincoln died April 15, 1865.

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The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln
Lexi Cheney
Brandon Carl
And we will always remember Lincoln with the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C
Page Keene
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Our Sources

• Microsoft Encarta, 2004
• LincolnA Photobiography by Russell Freedman,
  1987
• http//en.wikipedia.org/Abraham_Lincoln

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Go Lincoln!
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