1. By: Kobe Carroll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

2.  Abraham Lincoln was the 16 th president of the U.S.A.. He inspired many people. He was honest, and he freed slaves. He also wrote great speeches. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

3.  Abe was assassinated by John Wilks Booth at Fords Theater. http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/3242

4.  After The Battle of Gettysburg Lincoln gave one of his most famous speeches, The Gettysburg Address. http://www.ng.mil/resources/galleries/heritage/twentiethmaine.htm l

5.  Lincoln was a captain in the army and left to fight the Indians in the Black Hawk War. http://forum.simdynasty.com/viewthread.php?tid=159012

6.  When Abe was about 9, his mother died of a milk sickness, his brother died at birth, and his sister died while having her first child. http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/02/young-abraham-lincoln-child-of-the-american-frontier/

7.  Abe wrote the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the south. http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=39&subjectID=3

8.  Abe is on the front and his memorial is on the back of the five dollar bill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_five_dollar_bill.jp

9.  Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address and read it at the burying of the soldiers from The Battle of Gettysburg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address

10.  Lincoln was a hero to slaves because he freed them with the Emancipation Proclamation. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/freed-slaves.htm

11.  If Lincoln’s security stayed, he wouldn’t have been assassinated.

12.  The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1-3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg

13.  He was very keen. He was smart enough to become president.

14.  Abe Lincoln has a memorial in Washington D.C. called Lincoln Memorial. http://www.visitingdc.com/memorial/lincoln-memorial-photo.htm

15.  Mary Todd Lincoln was Abe’s wife and is buried at his family tomb. http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=17

16.  He never stopped until he ended slavery in the confederate (southern) states.

17.  Abe was smart and had an open mind to find new ideas.

18.  He was the president of the U.S.A. and made a law that all slaves in the south are free.

19.  Abe fought for African American people’s freedom and one day freed them. http://rhettman.com/?p=211

20.  Robert was Lincoln’s son that lived the longest. He lived to be 83 years old, older than Abe. http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=16&subjectID=2

21.  Lincoln hated slavery his whole life. When he became president he didn’t stop until he stopped it. http://www.realhistories.org.uk/articles/archive/slavery-in-latin-america.html

22.  Tad was Lincoln’s other son. Tad died at the age of 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Lincoln

23.  Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the underground Railroad. Eventually Abe freed all slaves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

24.  Abe achieved many goals like becoming president and freeing slavery. http://www.trophyshopak.com/

25.  Willie was Lincoln’s other son. He lived to be 18 years old. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_Lincoln

26.  Lincoln was 56 years old when he was assassinated. http://www.beembee.com/2011/10-random-facts-about-abraham-lincoln

27.  When he was young his mother died and Abe had to cut wood for the house,and worked with his father. http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/02/young-abraham-lincoln-child-of-the-american-frontier/

28.  Abe was very excited about making a law to free slavery. http://www.cartoonlogodesigns.com/Smiley%20Cartoon%20Logos.htm

29.  Abraham Lincoln was a very determinate person. He never gave up. If he started something he would not stop until he was done. http://www.aleanjourney.com/2011/10/lean-leadership-lessons-from-abe.html

30.  Helen Kourtras Bozonelis, 200 Years with Abraham Lincoln, Enslow Publishers, Inc., Berkeley Heights, 2008