Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, leading the country during the Civil War to preserve the Union. He gave the famous Gettysburg Address and issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves in the Confederacy. Lincoln was honest, self-educated, married with children, and championed a national bank before being assassinated at Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

1. What do you know about the United States?

2. Do you know who the 16 th President was?

3. Abraham Lincoln was the 16 th president of the United States.

4. Why is Abraham Lincoln so important to US History?

5. Abraham Lincoln was the president during the Civil War.

6. He was determined to keep the United States of America united as one country.

7. He gave one of the most famous speeches in US history… The Gettysburg Address

8. The Gettysburg Address is still a renowned speech today because of its depiction and appreciation for the freedoms given in America as well as a profound dedication to fallen heroes in the Civil War.

9. Lincoln was responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

10. The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom to the slaves in the Confederacy.

11. Some facts about Lincoln.

12. Lincoln did not go to school. He taught himself how to read and write.

13. Abraham Lincoln was also known as “Honest Abe” because he was apt to always being honest and trustworthy, going out of his way to prove his character.

14. He was a member of the Republican Party.

15. He was married to a woman named Mary Todd and had four children with her.

16. He passed the National Banking Act in 1863 which resulted in standardized currency

17. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14 th , 1856 at Ford’s Theatre in Washington by an actor named John Wilkes Booth .

18. Ways we honor Abraham Lincoln.

19. The Lincoln Monument located in Washington DC.

20. Mount Rushmore located in South Dakota.

21. Abraham Lincoln: President, Republican, Honored US Citizen, Good Man.