Abraham Lincoln

1. The short but fulfilling life of
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809- April 15,
1865
By: Raina Sargent

2. Abraham Lincoln
dedicated his life and
efforts to champion the
rights of all Americans‘.
He had done so by
building up his education
and committing
to himself not to give
up. Lincoln had no
formal education
and his speech was
not very well spoken.
Once he had made his decision to take a stand for
something he followed through with that.

3. Abrahams boyhood home- where it all started
• Family grew up
in a single
bedroom home
• Very little
formal
education,
young Abraham
loved to read
books
• In total he may
have gone to
school for a
year collectively
• His own father,
Thomas, could barely
sign his name
• Lincolns mother died
when he was just 9
years old
• His father remarried
shortly after the
death of his mother
• His stepmother
encouraged Lincoln
to read

4. Sons of Lincoln
• Had four sons: Robert
Todd, Edward Baker,
William Wallace, and
Thomas “Tad”
• All their children were born
in Springfield, IL
• Only one of their children
survived into adulthood
• Robert Todd Lincoln had
lived to be 82 years old
• There are no descendants
or heirs of Abraham Lincoln

5. Lincoln the Lawyer
• 1837- moved to Springfield, IL
and began to practice law
• He had made a decent living in
his early years as a lawyer
• His first law partner was John T.
Stuart and they had Stuart &
Lincoln
• Lincoln worked on many high
end cases from murder victims
to fugitive slaves
• Practiced law in the IL Supreme
Court, U.S circuit courts, U.S.
District Court and finally before
the U.S. Supreme Court
• Lincoln had not gone to Law
School, he only read law books
and was able to pass the exam
• He had lost his only U.S supreme
court case

6. Abraham Lincoln
and Mary Todd
• Lincoln had encountered
Mary Todd at a social
gathering through the
Edwards family
• Had four sons: Robert Todd,
Edward Baker, William
Wallace, and Thomas “Tad”
• Mary Todd supported her
husband socially and
politically
• Mary Todd grew up
wealthy in a town that
her family had helped
found
• She was sent to the
local academy and
then was able to
attend boarding school
Married
November 4th,
1842

7. Pre-presidential Political Career
1834-1849
• He had been elected to the Illinois State Legislature as a member of
the Whig party and served 4 terms
• During his term as a Sangamon County representative, he was part of
a group “Long Nine” in the Sangamon delegation. They were notable
for above average height and their role in moving the state capital to
Springfield.
• Only serving a single term in the U.S. House of Representatives 1847-
1849 as he did not find many political allies
• His term in office may have been short-lived but he made use of it to
speak out against the Mexican-American War

8. Cooper Union Address
• February 27th, 1960
• Speculated to be what got him nominated for
presidency
• He had elaborated his views on slavery
• He did not wish that slavery be expanded into
western territories and that the Founding
Fathers would agree
• Had been one of his longest speeches given
• An often quotable speech

9. Lincoln Douglas
Debates
• Lincoln challenged Douglas
to the debates
• There had been 7 debates
in total
• They had went to various
towns in Illinois to fight for
a U.S. senate seat
• Alton, Charleston,
Freeport, Galesburg,
Jonesboro, Ottawa and
Quincy Alton, IL October 15th, 1858
7th and final debate

10. Emancipation Proclamation
• Signed into effect on January 1st, 1863 during the Civil War
• Changed the legal status under the federal law of more than 3.5
million enslaved African Americans, only freed slaves held in the
Confederate states of America though
• Deprived the south of its greatest economic resource
• Captured the hearts and imagination of many Americans and
fundamentally transformed the character of the war
• Helped prevent involvement of foreign nations in the Civil War

11. The 13th amendment
• Created to abolish slavery
• Passed by Senate on April 8th, 1864
• Passed in the House January 31st, 1865
• Lincoln was finally able to sign off February 1st, 1865
• Unfortunately he did not live to see the amendment take effect

12. The Corwin Amendment
• The original 13th Amendment
• This would have forever protected slavery instead of abolishing it
• To this day, it lies dormant and ready to be ratified
• It had been approved in both the House and Senate but ratified by
some states.
• Was approved by Lincoln, which may seem to be contradictory for all
that he stood for

13. Gettysburg Address
• This would become Lincolns
most famous speech and
one of the most important
speeches in American
history.
• 15,000 people became
witnesses as he delivered
his speech at one of the
bloodiest battlefields of the
Civil War.
• A score is equal to 20 years,
he had been referencing 87
years prior- in 1776 when
the Declaration of
Independence was signed.
November 19th,
1963

14. Gettysburg Address
• There were said to be 5 versions written, with each of which had
been written differently and given to different people.
• Only one had been signed by Lincoln
• All of them started off with the same opening line “Four score and
seven years ago”
• Original owners: George Bancroft- historian, Edward Everett- chief
speaker at the Gettysburg cemetery, John Hay- white house assistant,
John G. Nicolay- President Lincoln’s personal secretary, Colonel
Alexander Bliss- stepson of historian George Bancroft

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16. Assassination of Lincoln
• April 14th, 1965 Good Friday
• Lincoln and his wife had gone to Fords
Theatre
• The comedy they were watching, Our
American Cousin
• John Wilkes Booth an actor in the play
had snuck off stage and found Lincoln and
fired a single shot to the back of his head
• He had the knowledge prior to that
evening that Lincoln would be there and
where he would be seated
• Booth had intended to abduct Lincoln in
hopes of reviving the Confederate cause

17. What was it about Lincoln that was unique to America
and to our study of history prior to 1865
• Lincoln had help to set the precedent for getting freedom for the
slaves
• He had been the first president assassinated which led to an uprising
cause in liberty
• He had written a very important document, the Emancipation
Proclamation. This would state that the slaves would be freed in
confederate territory
• Lincoln was our first president to lead the country into war

18. My thoughts on Lincoln
• I would be a supporter of Lincoln and his attribution to abolish slavery
• Lincoln as a person strived to do what was right for everyone
• He was a hard worker who had not been handed his property he
worked for everything and supported what he worked for
• Lincoln made sure to surround himself with people that would build
him up to help him to his greatness and achieve those goals

19. How the legacy of Lincoln portrayed on
todays society
• Lincoln had dedicated a large portion of his life to equality for all
• He was against the owning of slaves and had fought for them to
abolish slavery for years so the African Americans would have the
same rights as humans that white people did.
• His role put into effect the various amendments 13, 14, & 15. Which it
would almost take a full century for the 15th Amendment to be
followed as original intentions
• He is thought to be one of the greatest Presidents of all

20. Daily Life in the 19th century
• Lincoln was a hard worker who was not afraid to get his hands dirty
• He was different than most white people who of his career path as he
was not a slave owner.
• Lincoln had made more himself known by his ability to tell great
stories
• He was not liked by all due to his opposition of slavery

21. Things I learned about Abraham Lincoln
• He had been a lawyer, even tried a case in
front of the supreme court
• Lincoln was not born in the state of Illinois,
he moved there as a young man with his
birth family
• He had been the most photographed
president.
• He was the tallest president coming in at
6’4”
• He had photos created which were then
imprinted later onto the $5 bill and the
penny.

22. Fun Facts of the Lincoln Memorial
• Inside of the Lincoln memorial there is a
misspelled word. As it is made of marble and
each word was chiseled it was hard to correct
this mistake. “EUTURE, not future” is left as a
reminder of human fallibility.
• The Lincoln Memorial juts 66 feet into the
earth at its deepest point to support the
weight of the marble
• His hands are positioned in American Sign
Language letters A and L, Lincoln himself had
signed the charter for Gallaudet University

23. Fun Facts
• Lincoln may have been murdered by John Wilkes Booth but earlier in
life he was saved from being hit by a train from his brother Edwin
Booth
• Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler making it into the Wrestling
Hall of Fame by the young age of 21; he was defeated only once in
about 300 matches.
• Lincoln never slept in the Lincoln bedroom, it was his personal office.
• He was the only president to have obtained a patent, No. 6469.

24. Conclusion:
Abraham Lincoln had a shortened life as it was taken from him selfishly.
He was self taught educationally which pushed him to strive even
further to reach beyond the attainable. He was a selfless man who
wanted to unite the nation.

25. Citations
• https://www.biography.com/us-president/abraham-lincoln
• https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-
abraham-lincoln
• http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.h
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• http://www.newbeginnings-elp.com/stuttering/abraham-lincoln-
famous-stuttering
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abraham-lincoln-photos-
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