Abraham Lincoln Selfish

Born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log house in the state of Kentucky, Lincoln was the second son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He was the brother of Sahara and Thomas, who died at a young age. During his first eight years, Lincoln move from place to place due to some problems his father had with the land titles. In 1817, Lincoln moved with his family to Indiana because the laws of land ownership were much simple and protected the rightful owner. Despite some economic difficulties, Thomas Lincoln was able to claim a hundred and sixty acres and later secure the title of eighty-three of them. After two years of living in Indiana Nancy Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln died of milk sickness. Leaving Sahara, who at the time was eleven years

Johnson who had three children of her own. Abraham Lincoln grew very close to his step to the point in which he calls her “mother”. As a teenager, Lincoln really disliked manual labor and everything that had to do with frontier life. This lead to many of his neighbors to believe that he was a lazy person. On the contrary to what people believe, Abraham was a person who enjoyed to work hard and was very enthusiastic about reading and learning to the point that he was self though. In 1828, Lincoln’s family was struck again with a tragedy when Sarah, Lincoln sister, died while giving birth to her son.

In 1830, his family migrated to Illinois and when Lincoln turned twenty-two he moves on his own. Lincoln began to make a living in manual work. He was known for being good at handling his ax and rail fencing. Lincoln later worked in a store where he acquired the social skill that would later help him. Lincoln became so popular with the people of the town that when the war of 1832 began he was elected as the captain of the volunteers of the

It is also at this point in which he began to believe in Government-sponsored infrastructure. Lincoln also became interested in the field of law and thought himself about it. He later began to work in Illinois for the John T. Stuart law firm. While working there, Lincoln fell in love with Anne Rutledge. Lincoln had plans to marry her, But she dies before he was able to do so. It is believed that her death was very difficult for Lincoln to deal with to the point in which he fell into depression.

Through 1847 to 1849, Lincoln serve a term in the U.S House of Representatives as a Whig member. He struggled to get political allies, and his criticism of the Mexican-American war made him very unpopular among his colleagues. After the Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, Lincoln's views on slavery became about morality rather than the economy. This pushed Lincoln to the new Republican Party and reopen his interest in politics. After winning a sit in Congress, Lincoln went on and criticize the Supreme Court in their decision of Scott V.