Abraham Lincoln (revised)

Name: Abraham Lincoln
Birthdate: Feb. 12, 1809
Birth Place: Hardin County
Nickname: Honest Abe
Marriage: Nov, 4, 1842
Wife: Mary Todd
Children: Robert Todd Lincoln
Edward Baker Lincoln
William Wallace Lincoln
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln
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Overview of his life:
Overview of his life: Abraham Lincoln was born in the year of 1809, in Kentucky. He had a mother, father, sister named Sarah and a brother named Thomas who died in infancy. His family moved to the southern Indiana when he was seven years old. Lincoln's mom died of milk sickness in 1818. Year after the death of his mother, his father remarried a woman named Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln and Lincoln liked his new stepmother.
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As he grew up, he loved to read and preferred learning to working in the field. So he went to school for a short period of time in Indiana as he had done in Kentucky. His interests in learning made his relationship to his father and his relationships hard because his father didn't want Lincoln to focus on school. Unfortunately, in the year of 1828, his sister, Sarah died during childbirth. In the late 1828, he went to New Orleans. In 1830, he moved to Illinois. The next year Lincoln made another trip to New Orleans. After that, he moved to New Salem, Illinois where he stayed until 1837.
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In Illinois, he had several jobs which were: operating a store, surveying, and serving as postmaster. He also impressed the residents with his character, and got his nickname which was Honest Abe because he would beat the village's bully. Lincoln was about 6 to 4 feet and weighed about 180 pounds. After he saw the Black Hawk War briefly, he made an unsuccessful run for the legislature in the year of 1832. He ran again in the years of 1834, 1836, 1938 and 1840 with successful results. Abraham Lincoln also studied laws in his spare time and became a lawyer in 1836. There was a story that he had a romance with a girl named Ann Rutlege which might have been true, but she died in 1835.
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In the year of 1839, Lincoln met Mary Todd. Fourteen years later, they were married and had three children (above). After, Lincoln became a successful Attorney and in 1844, the family moved to a house at the corner of Eighth and Jackson in 1844. In 1846, he ran for the United States House of Representatives and won. While he was in Washington, he was known for his opposition to the slavery. He resumed his law practice more seriously after his term was over. Early in 1851, Lincoln's father died. In 1856, he gave his lost speech. He opposed the Dred Scott decision in 1857 and gave another speech name House Divided speech in the year of 1858. In 1858, Lincoln wasn't a abolitionist but he was against the spread of slavery to territories.
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After the fall of Ft.Sumter, Lincoln made an army and decided to fight to save the union from falling apart. On January, 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation showed some affects. This was Lincoln's declaration of freedom to all the slaves. On November, 19, Lincoln gave another speech, Gettysburg Address which was dedicated battlefield to the soldiers who had perished. Lincoln's policies contained the support for the Homestead Act. This act allowed the poor people from the east to obtain lands in the West.
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In 1864, South was slowly losing strength. Lincoln was reelected president with Andrew Johnson as his running mate. Lincoln won over the Democrat George McClellan on November, 8 in the year of 1854. On April, 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to grant. Two days later, Lincoln addressed to the crowd outside the White House. He also suggested he would support voting rights for some blacks. This made racist and Southern sympathizer who was in the audience furious. His name was John Wilkes Booth who hated everything Lincoln stood for.
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On Good Friday, April, 14, 1865 President Lincoln got shot in the head and died. He had attended a play titled Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. During the play, Booth arrived at the play and he shot him. Lincoln was carried across the street to the Peterson House where he passed away next morning. This was the first presidential assassination in the American History, and the nation mourned its leader. His death was the cause of the hatreds of the times. Lincoln's body was taken to the Springfield by train and was buried in the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery on May 4th, 1865. Because of this event, the Reconstruction had to take place without the President Lincoln's leadership. Lincoln was a brave man who fought on the side of the slaves and wanted it to end.

Citation for the Image:
Kurt, Mosser. "Course Description and Goals."
American Political Theory: Foundations, Theory, and Practice.
<http://academic.udayton.edu/KurtMosser/Nanjing.html>.