2. Early Life Before Lincoln was president he had been fired and kicked out every job he applied for. Later realized he wanted to run for politics.

3. U.S. Senate Lincoln nearly gave up politics, when he had an un-happy term in the 1840’s.

4. Presidential Election Abe Lincoln decided to come back to politics It wouldn’t be an easy run, because the popular Illinois senator Stephen Douglas, was also running for president. In order to win this election, Abraham gave a speech in New York which made him very popular.

5. How he Angered the south During the election, Abraham Lincoln, said he was going to abolish slavery, and the South wanted to keep slavery. And this made the elections intensify even more. When Abe had been inaugurated, he realized the country was on an inevitable path to war.