Abraham Lincoln Research Paper

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, KY. He Died on April 15, 1865 in Washington D. C. at the Petersen house. Abraham Lincoln had a extremely rough childhood. He was at the age of nine when he lost his mother and also he and his family moved several times; from their home in kentucky to indiana, and then to illinois when he was around 20 years old. He decided he was not interested in being a farmer, but instead started to clean and fix up his farmers farm. The he went and joined in the The Black Hawk War as a volunteer. He was soon elected to lead this group of fighters. He later told that this gave him more happiness than any election he has ever won. After this event, he went on to do a great number of things. …show more content…

11 years later they had 4 children: Edward, William, Thomas, and Edward. In the year 1844, Lincoln became a attorney. In 1846 he ran for the United States House of Representative. While in washington he was recognized for his resistance of the mexican war and slavery. He resumed his law education after he returned home. Lincoln and the United States greatly defeated the Confederacy in the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation which didn’t necessarily set slaves free, but gave them the right to serve their country. Nearly 200,000 blacks joined which led them to fight for their freedom. Ending slavery doesn’t mean the slaves were freed and not all of them. This could not apply to the border states. After the war, Lincoln continued to fight until eventually the slaves were actually freed. The presentation of the Gettysburg Address. Which is famous for Abraham Lincoln stating how freedom would be upon all citizens. Abraham Lincoln changed this world through his ideas and his actions. He has done a tremendous amount of things to make the place where we live much better. Abraham Lincoln was a licensed Bartender. Lincoln’s assassin was a famous actor and Lincoln was a fan of him. Lincoln’s son Robert was saved from a train