Abraham Lincoln Leader of Change Your Name Class period Teacher's Name
Slavery Once legal Change This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY
Abraham Lincoln Skilled speaker Fought to stop slavery from spreading to Northern states Signed the Emancipation Proclamation This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Skilled Speaker Powerful, influential, practical speaker (Topic) History.com Staff explains government cannot be divided (Evidence) Republican party, included Democrats, former slaves (Elaboration) Freidel and Sidey indicate that Lincoln himself implored the Illinois State Legislature, “...the Congress of the United States has the power, under the constitution, to abolish slavery,” (Evidence) Convinced others (Elaboration) Used current laws to prohibit spread (Transition) Skilled Speaker
Fought to Stop the Spread of Slavery to the Northern States Topic Evidence Elaboration Transition
Signed the Emancipation Proclamation Topic Evidence Elaboration Transition
Worthy of Abolitionists' Hall of Fame? Skilled speaker Helped end the spread of slavery Emancipation Proclamation You decide!
Did You Know? Did not consider himself an abolitionist Was a lawyer in Illinois Lost first Senate election
Works Cited Abraham Lincoln from History.com http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln History.com Staff "Abraham Lincoln Biography.com" https://www.biography.com/people/abraham-lincoln-9382540
Works Cited Continued The Presidents of the United States of America from Whitehouse.gov Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey