Lincoln
Historical Themes The Presidency Representation of a Great Leader The Civil War 13th Amendment How a Bill becomes a Law Party Politics in Congress
Abraham Lincoln Born February 12, 1809 in Kentucky 1834 wins a seat in Illinois State Legislature and serves for 8 years Serves one term in the House of Representatives 1847-1849 Runs for Senate against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 but loses 1860 become first Republican President
Impact of 1860 Election Southern Secession began with South Carolina on December 20, 1860 Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all follow February 4, 1861, Confederate States of America led by Jefferson Davis formed “Sovereign and Independent States” Slavery was “protected and recognized”
The Civil War Began April 12, 1861 Fort Sumter in South Carolina July 21, Bull Run in Virginia George McClellan-Union Later Ulysses S. Grant Joseph E. Johnston-Confederacy Later Robert E. Lee
Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 1st-3rd 1863 90,000 Union Troops 75,000 Confederate Troops Effects: 23,000 Union Casualties, 28,000 Confederate Casualties Turning Point as it crippled South’s ability to invade the North
Impact of Civil War Lee surrenders to Grant on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia 360,000 Union Soldiers Dead 260,000 Confederate Soldiers Dead Another 500,000 wounded many being amputees
Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 “All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free….”
Thaddeus Stevens Congressman from Pennsylvania Abolitionist against Fugitive Slave Law and Compromise of 1850 Involved in Underground Railroad Radical Republican during Reconstruction
13th Amendment “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” Introduced for first time in 1864 and then voted on in January 1865
Assassination of Lincoln April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln during Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. “Sic semper tyrannis”: “Thus be it ever to tyrants” Killed 12 days later in a barn in Virginia Left Reconstruction to his Vice President Andrew Johnson
Historical Liberties/Omissions More to the Abolition of Slavery than the debate over the 13th Amendment Lincoln slapping his son Pushing black Americans to the “background” in the film Connecticut voting “no” Mary Todd Lincoln attending the final vote on the 13th Amendment Congressional Vote done alphabetically
What did the 13th Amendment do What did the 13th Amendment do? Why was it important to President Lincoln to get the House and Senate to pass the 13th Amendment by the end of January 1865? How did Lincoln get the support needed to pass the Amendment? Do you believe that was an ethical decision? Why or Why Not? This movie was released in 2012. How is this movie relevant to what was going on in our country that YEAR and in the time since it was released?