1 / 4

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln . 1861-1865. 16 th President. Born : Feburary 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky Death : April 15, 1865. Lincoln died the morning after being shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth, an actor. Who Married : Mary Todd Lincoln Party : Republican Party

livia
Télécharger la présentation

Abraham Lincoln

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865

  2. 16th President Born: Feburary 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky Death: April 15, 1865. Lincoln died the morning after being shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth, an actor. Who Married: Mary Todd Lincoln Party: Republican Party Accomplishments: January 1, 1863 issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.

  3. Quote from Inaugural Address Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it."

  4. For More Information on Abraham Lincoln, Visit these websites: • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: http://www.lincolnlibraryandmuseum.com/index.htm • The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html • PBS series, The American Experience, presidents: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/16_lincoln/

More Related