Abraham Lincoln
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The 16th President of the USA
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS THE 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE USA
He takes a special place in the list of American presidents.
He grew up in the Middle West. His parents were pioneers who helped to fight Indians and pushed the borders of the United States farther West.
His first home was a small one-room house in the woods. The family lived in poverty. The life was hard and soon Lincoln’s mother died. Abe and his sister were lonely until their father married again. Abe’s mother was a kind woman and she encouraged the boy to study. He got his first education by reading books. He often walked miles to borrow a book.
Abe learned to do hard work of the pioneer, such as cut trees, and take care of the crops. He usually won in tests of strength with other boys. Everyone liked him and said that this shy boy was a born story-teller.
Abraham Lincoln became a lawyer and a politician. Many people brought their problems to him. He was elected to the House of Representatives in US Congress. Then, in 1861 he became 16th American President.
In the same year the Civil War began. So Lincoln had to lead the country through the four horrible years of war. He wanted to unite the industrial North and agricultural South.
He hated slavery. In 1863 he signed the Emancipation Proclamation – the document that made all the slaves free. This was a great event in the history of the United States.
In 1865 the North won the Civil War. Five days after the war ended, President Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre, Washington. His murder was organized by people who were against abolition of slavery.
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