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  • Today we're going to learn about the American President, Abraham Lincoln.

  • Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was born February 12, 1809,

  • in Kentucky. His father was a farmer, and his family was very poor, living in a small,

  • one-room log cabin.

  • While Lincoln was still very young, his family moved to Indiana, and then again to Illinois.

  • He only went to school for one year, but he loved books and learning, and taught himself

  • as much as he could.

  • When he was 22 years old, Abraham Lincoln left home to work at a general store. It was

  • there that he got his nickname, "Honest Abe." Once a customer accidentally over paid by

  • a few pennies, and that night when the store closed, Abraham Lincoln walked for miles to

  • take the money back.

  • In 1832 Lincoln ran in an election to become a member of the Illinois State Legislature,

  • but he lost. After that he served as a Captain in the Army, and then he started working as

  • a lawyer, and got married. In 1846 he was elected to the US House of Representatives.

  • In 1860, he ran for President.

  • It was a difficult time in the United States. The North and the South disagreed on a lot

  • of things, and it was getting worse. One thing they disagreed on was slavery. The Northern

  • states did not want any more slavery. The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves.

  • Abraham Lincoln did not like slavery, either. He was elected President because he had the

  • support of the Northern states. He had almost no support from the Southern states.

  • As soon as he became President, southern states began seceding from the Union. That means

  • they decided they didn't want to be a part of the United States anymore. President Lincoln

  • was determined to keep the country together, and in 1861 a war started.

  • It was the Civil War, a terrible, bloody war that lasted four years. On January 1, 1863,

  • Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, an order that freed all the slaves in the

  • southern states. A few years later, he helped to pass the 13th amendment to the Constitution,

  • which made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States.

  • The Civil War finally ended on April 9, 1865. President Lincoln wanted to put the country

  • back together, and help the South rebuild. Unfortunately, he did not live to see that happen.

  • Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln and his wife were watching a

  • play at the Ford Theater in Washington DC when he was shot in the head by a man named

  • John Wilkes Booth. Abraham Lincoln died the next morning, on April 15, 1865. He was the

  • first American President to be assassinated.

  • Abraham Lincoln once said, "I want it said of me by those who knew me best that I always

  • plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow." He is widely

  • considered to be one of the greatest presidents in American history. His leadership during

  • the Civil War and his defense of human liberty make him an American hero. His face is on

  • pennies and five dollar bills, he was included in Mount Rushmore, and a memorial for him

  • stands in Washington, DC.

  • I hope you enjoyed learning about Abraham Lincoln. Goodbye till next time!

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