Lincoln later played a major role in the addition of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. The document freed the slaves in the states that had seceded from the union. (noun) Your emancipation from your parents comes when you turn 18. On January 1, 1863, he signed the Emancipation × emancipation Lincoln promised that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” The Great EmancipatorĪs the Civil War raged on, the end of slavery became a key war aim for Lincoln. represented the ideas of democracy and self-government. In the speech, Lincoln explained why it was important to preserve the union. It is now considered a key moment in U.S. President Lincoln attended the ceremony and delivered the Gettysburg Address in front of 15,000 people. The dedication was held on November 19, 1863. Months after the battle, a cemetery was created to honor the Union soldiers who had died. More than 50,000 Union and Confederate troops died. The bloodiest battle took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from July 1 to 3, 1863. An estimated 620,000 soldiers, or about 2% of the country’s population, died in the fighting. It remains the conflict with the most American deaths. The North and South fought the Civil War over the next four years. (verb) Southern states seceded from the Union during the Civil War. To officially leave a group or an organization (adjective) The sandcastle remained intact because she built it away from the water., even if it meant going to war with the states that had seceded × seceded DE AGOSTINI/BIBLITECA AMBROSIANA-GETTY IMAGES Lincoln was determined to keep the union intact × intact JUICE IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES Later, four more states joined the Confederacy. They formed the Confederate States of America. Within months of Lincoln’s taking office, seven states broke away from the union. But southern landowners depended on slave labor for their farms. President Lincoln opposed slavery, as did many lawmakers in the North. At the time, there were rising tensions in the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln meets with Union army General George McClellan at his headquarters on the battlefield of Antietam in Maryland, October 1862. Two years after losing the senate race, Lincoln made a remarkable comeback: He was elected president. (noun) Her skills as an orator helped her inspire the audience. Lincoln gained national attention for his skills as an orator × orator CAIAIMAGE/SAM EDWARDS-GETTY IMAGES In 1858, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S.
House of Representatives, from 1847 to 1849. elections to the Illinois State Legislature. (adjective) Jason has been late to practice for three consecutive days. In 1834, Lincoln won the first of four consecutive × consecutive HERO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES They eventually had four children: Robert, Eddie, Willie, and Tad. Five years after moving to Springfield, Illinois, he married Mary Todd. Instead, he studied on his own and became an attorney, in 1836.Īs a lawyer, Lincoln earned a reputation for being clever, fair, and honest. (adjective) As an avid soccer fan, she wrote to all her favorite players. Lincoln attended school for no more than a year, but he was an avid × avid MARKUS WEGMANN/GETTY IMAGES Throughout Lincoln’s life, he demonstrated that anyone can achieve greatness-but it requires dedication and hard work. The family later moved to southern Indiana. They lived in a one-room log cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was assassinated early in his second term.Ībraham Lincoln was born to uneducated farmers.
He led the country through the Civil War and worked to end slavery. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809–April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States.
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