ABRAHAM LINCOLN

CHILDHOOD
1. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky.
2. His parents could neither read nor write.
3. when he was 7, The family moved to Indiana and lived in a small log cabin.
4. He received little formal education, but educated himself through borrowed books.
5. When he was 9, his mother died due to milk sickness.
6. his stepmother encouraged his education and took his side in disputes with his father.
7. His life was marked by poverty, farm work, and reading by the fireplace.
8. At 17, He worked on a ferryboat and sold his flatboat in New Orleans.
9. At 21, his family moved to ILLINOIS and built another small log cabin.
10. After another flatboat trip, he settled in New Salem, Illinois, living on his own.

POLITICAL LIFE
1. He served in the Illinois State Legislature as a member of the Whig Party during the 1830s
and 1840s, gaining valuable political experience and self-educating in law.
2. His principled stance against the U.S. war with Mexico highlighted his commitment to moral
values.
3. In the mid-1850s, he left the Whig Party to join the newly formed Republican Party, firmly
opposing the expansion of slavery.
4. In the 1858 U.S. Senate race in Illinois, he engaged in famous debates with Senator Stephen
Douglas but lost the election
5. Lincoln's unwavering anti-slavery position in the 1860 presidential campaign resonated with
Northerners, leading to his election as the 16th president.
6. His election triggered Southern secession and the Civil War.
7. During the Civil War, Lincoln exercised significant executive powers to preserve the Union,
prioritizing national unity over personal gain.
8. In 1864, he upheld democratic processes, winning with the support of Union soldiers and
military victories.
9. In January 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation symbolically linked the Union's cause to
freedom, inspiring African American enlistment.

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES

1. Slavery existed in America since the early 17th century, primarily in the Southern states
2. The invention of the cotton gin in the late 18th century increased the demand for slave labor.
3. Missouri Compromise: Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery
was prohibited north of the 36°30'
4. 1850 Compromise: California entered as a free state, Utah and New Mexico allowed for
popular sovereignty
5. Kansas-Nebraska Act : repealed the Missouri Compromise and led to violent conflicts in
Kansas.
6. Supreme Court ruled African Americans, enslaved or free, non-citizens, and federal
government lacked slavery regulation authority.
7. Lincoln's election as the first Republican president, opposed to the expansion of slavery, led
to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.
 8. During the Civil War, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring the end of
slavery in Confederate-held territories, which had a profound symbolic impact.
9. The Civil War ended in 1865, and the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified,
abolishing slavery throughout the entire United States, marking a transformative moment in
American history.

DEATH
1. On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln and his wife attended a play at
Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
2. He occupied a private theater box on the second floor, known as the
State Box, while his wife sat in the audience.
3. John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and actor, entered
the State Box unnoticed. He shot Lincoln in the back of the head
while the President was engrossed in the play.
4. The theater erupted in chaos as Booth leaped from the box to the
stage and made a swift escape through a back door.
5. He was mortally wounded, and his wife screamed in horror. Doctors
rushed to attend to the gravely injured President, realizing his
chances of survival were slim.
6. Abraham Lincoln was carried across the street to a boarding house,
where he remained in a coma for hours.
7. He passed away on April 15, 1865.