American Hero Project

Aidan Loughran
A Quote A house divided against
itself cannot stand
- Abraham Lincoln
Biography ● Abraham Lincoln was born on
February 12 1809 in the family home in
Kentucky
● He was self taught and educated by
reading books he had around
● An American lawyer was brilliant in his
law cases
● He was an avid abolitionist of slavery
in America
● He was the sixteenth and first
Republican president
● He steered the nation through its
greatest crises
● He was assassinated on April 15, 1865
Danger ● Assassination attempts
● Leading the country in a
wrong direction
● Or letting it break into pieces
● Numerous threats because
he wanted to get rid of
slavery
Combated ● He championed an
adversity- showing unpopular cause
● He fought the Confederacy
strength
● Preserved the union by
continuing to fight
● He convinced congress to
pass the Thirteenth
amendment
 Why I chose this
hero
● Ended slavery
● He lead the union to victory
in the civil war
● Issued the emancipation
proclamation
● Steered the nation on the
morally right path
● Big hat
Sources
Stashower, D. (2013). The unsuccessful plot to kill
Abraham Lincoln. Smithsonian magazine. Retrieved
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Friedel, F and Sidey, H (2006). Abraham lincoln: The

Presidents of the United States. Whitehouse Historical
Society Retrieved from White house.gov:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/p
residents/abraham-lincoln/