The Life of Abraham Lincoln

1. The Life of Abraham Lincoln By: Josh Dion

2. Introduction • Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809 • He was born at Sinking Spring Farm, Kentucky • He married Mary Todd Lincoln on November 4th, 1842 • He died April 14th, 1865 • Buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield, Illinois • He had 4 children: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, and Thomas Lincoln

3. The Lincoln Children • 3 out of 4 Lincoln children died from rare diseases • Robert Todd Lincoln was the only one who died of old age when he was 82 on July 26, 1926 • Edward Baker Lincoln died at the age of 4 of pulmonary tuberculosis • William Wallace Lincoln died when he was 11 because of typhoid fever • Thomas Lincoln died at the age of 18 of tuberculosis • Abraham Lincoln and his wife had a very hard life with 3 of their children dying, but they managed to live pretty well afterwards

4. Social Contribution Lincoln made it so no one could trade slaves into the U.S. as an attempt to get rid of slavery. He then issued an Emancipation Proclamation which said all slaves are now and forever free. Lincoln was completely against slavery. Abraham Lincoln ended slavery for the U.S!

5. Childhood • Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 • He moved to India in 1816 • His mother died when he was only 9 • He had to walk around barefoot because his family couldn’t afford shoes • He then got very close to his stepmom, Sarah Bush Johnston • She was always urging him to read so he could be smart • Good thing too because Lincoln loved to read and learn from any books he could get his hands on

6. Adolescence • In 1831 Lincoln’s father moved to Coles Country, Illinois • Instead of going with him, Lincoln went out on his own so he could become a man • So he canoed down the Sangamon River to the village of New Salem, Mass. • Once he got there, he got hired by a man named Denton Offutt • He only went to school for 18 months, then he self-educated himself

7. Adulthood • Lincoln didn’t believe in violence • He believed everything could be solved by using words • Unfortunately, not many people agreed with his decisions • There was many people who wanted him dead because he was trying to end slavery • A man named John Wilkes Booth sneaked up behind him and shot him with a gun • After he died, they built a famous monument of him called the Lincoln Memorial

8. Adulthood (as a president) • Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president on November 6, 1860 • He lead a huge crisis called the Civil War (1861-1865) • He was a great politician with persuasion and humor • When Lincoln took a second oath of office, the war was ending • He worked effortlessly for rebuilding our nation after the civil war • He got assassinated while he was president as he watched a play at Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC

9. Famous Quotes • “A drop of honey catches more than a gallon of gal.” • “Die when I may, I want it said of me that I plucked a weed and planted a flower wherever I thought a flower would grow” • “Character is like a tree, reputation like a shadow,” which means the shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing

10. President Slide • Thomas Jefferson was the president when Abraham Lincoln was born • Jefferson wrote some of the Declaration of Independence • Many say he was a Revolutionary Leader

11. Interview If I could ask Abraham Lincoln 3 questions, they would be: • Are you impressed with the progress of the U.S. since 1865? • What would you change about the U.S. right now? • Why do you always wear that top hat?

12. Bibliography • Abe Lincoln: http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/2008/10/abe-lincoln-in-person.html • Lincoln Memorial: http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv141/all_ritten/All%20Seeing%20Eye/?action=view&current=lincoln-memorial-with-fasci.jpg&newest=1 • Mary Todd Lincoln: http://womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/bl_p_mary_todd_lincoln_det.htm • Children: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/abrahaml.htm • End slavery button: http://www.zazzle.com/end+of+slavery+gifts • Shaking hands: http://www.123rf.com/photo_5396407.html • Stack of Books: http://matsu.wordpress.com/2008/08/ • Woman holding Baby: http://cz.123rf.com/photo_4420747.html • Abe Lincoln adolescence: http://abrahamlincolnpictures.org/Lincoln18.html • Denton Offutt: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13637/13637-h/13637-h.htm • 5 dollar bill: http://www.crescentcitycoinclub.org/cccc/oldnews.htm • Tree with shadow: http://towardeverywind.wordpress.com/tag/dead-trees/ • Helping someone up: http://www.wiu.edu/rpta/HFC/HFC_Challenge_Course.html • Thomas Jefferson: http://thepilver.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/independence-day-trivia/ • Declaration of Independence: http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/declaration_of_independence.htm • Top Hat: http://www.wardrobecostume.co.uk/cat.asp?contentid=29&pageid=13&subid=94 • United States: https://nationalitc.net/map/stateCerts.html;jsessionid=6DDA237C4B65273A45D65E2D8F902561 • Book: The Statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln, by Olivia Coolidge • Sick person: http://new.thesolutionsite.com/solutionsite/data/21051/lesson1.html • Crying clipart: www.clker.com/clipart-4249.html • Civil War: http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/blaming-a-generation/ • Hand: http://astoriedcareer.com/story-prompts/ • John Wilkes Booth: http://thebsreport.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/todays-birthdays-august-26th/