2. The Life of Abraham Lincoln ^_^ Maria Giron W. Stiern Middle School Ms. Marshall 2009-10 HSS 8.7.2 HSS 8.9

3. Who was Abraham Lincoln?  Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Illinois.  Abraham Lincoln was our 16 th President of the U.S.  He was an amazing writer who wrote political and nonpolitical things like “poetry, satire, and scientific meditations”.  He was also the man who abolished slavery.

4. Lincoln’s Family Father: Thomas Lincoln - farmer and carpenter. Mother: Nancy Hanks – Died When Lincoln was nine. Stepmother: Sarah Bush Johnson Siblings: Sarah Grigsby was the only sibling to live to maturity. Wife: Mary Todd – grew up in relative wealth. Children: Robert, Eddie, and Willie and Tad.

5. Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency  His party was Republican and he was president for four years from 1861-1865.  His vice presidents were Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson.  He was preceded by James Buchanan and succeeded by Andrew Johnson

6. Different POVs on Abraham Lincoln Freeing the Slaves Most of the North didn’t protest about the slaves being freed by Lincoln. Although, people didn’t like the fact that the slaves might come over and take their jobs. The South, on the other hand, didn’t like that their slaves were being freed because that was what their lives were all about.

7. Accomplishments Of Abraham Lincoln ×Addressed the “House Divided” Speech ×Made the Emancipation Proclamation that abolished slavery. ×Delivered the Gettysburg Address

8. The Death and Murderer of Abraham Lincoln AAbraham Lincoln died April 15,1865 because he was assassinated at a theater by a man named John Wilkes Booth.

9. Fun Facts About Abraham Lincoln^_^ ☺ Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President at 6ft 4 inches ☺ He was the 1 st president to have a beard. ^_^ ☺ Lincoln liked pets. He owned: horses, cats, dogs and a turkey!! (gobble gobble) ☺ Before his death, Lincoln had a premonition in a dream that he was going to die. Someone was In a coffin and he saw that it was his face. (creepy o_o”) ☺ He’s on the PENNY!!! (look shiny!! ^_^)     

10. Lincoln’s Sad facts  ☼Lincoln was the 1 st President ever to get assassinated. ☼He had suffered from deep depression even though he would crack jokes and tell stories. ☼His birth mother died from milk sickness.

11. Bibliography ►“Articles of Abraham Lincoln’s Death”. January 27, 2010 http://www.images.google.com/im ages. http://www.images.google.com/im ages ►“Facts About Abraham Lincoln”. January 27, 2010 http://www.alincoln- library.com/facts-about-abraham- lincoln.shtml http://www.alincoln- library.com/facts-about-abraham- lincoln.shtml ∆Holzer, Harold and Joshua W. Shenk. In Lincoln’s Hands His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans. New York, New York: A Division of Random House Inc., 2009. Pg.1 ∆“Lincoln’s Family”. February 11,2010 http://americanhistory.about.com/o d/abrahamlincoln/p/plincoln.htm. http://americanhistory.about.com/o d/abrahamlincoln/p/plincoln.htm