facts about Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 1

He was a President.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Destroyed the United States of America.

Answer 4

Born: February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky

Died: April 15, 1865. Lincoln died the morning after being shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Sixteenth President 1861-1865

Married to Mary Todd Lincoln

Little Good?
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday (April 14, 1865) while seeing the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. The actor, Booth, was trying to help the cause of the South, but it created a different result. Lincoln had been planning for a peaceful end to the war and was taking a generous and flexible approach with Southerners. That ended with his death. In his second Inaugural Address, Lincoln beseeched his countrymen to heal the wounds of war. "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." Second Inaugural Address.

Always Learning
Lincoln attended school briefly and sporadically as he was growing up, but he was an avid learner. When he settled in New Salem, Illinois in 1831, he worked in the village store and slept in the back. But in his free time he learned basic math, read Shakespeare and Robert Burns and participated in a local debating society. This early debating practice may have led to his eventual presidential victory. In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator but even though he lost that election, his debates with Douglas gained Lincoln a national reputation that caused him to win the Republican nomination for President in 1860.

Emancipation Proclamation
When Lincoln took office in 1861, abolitionists and some Republicans urged Lincoln to issue an Emancipation Proclamation. While he agreed with the principle, he wanted to be in a position where he had more public support on the issue. When Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act by Congress on July 17, 1862, it freed slaves of everyone in rebellion against the government and demonstrated the necessary public support against slavery. A few days earlier (July 13) he had shared the first draft of the Proclamation with Secretaries William H. Seward and Gideon Welles. But it was not until January 1, 1863 that he signed the Final Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.

A Man of Words
Several well-know quotes from Lincoln:

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

The Holiday and the Birthdays
George Washington was actually born on February 11, 1731 and at that time, people were using the Julian Calendar. Then in 1752, Britain and all the British Colonies adopted the Gregorian Calendar and George's birthday got moved ahead 11 days to February 22.

In 1885 Washington's Birthday became a federal holiday. Then many states began to also honor Lincoln's Birthday, but it never became a federal holiday. In 1968 things got more confusing when Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act which got Washington's Birthday Holiday moved to the third Monday in the month. Because the third Monday sometimes falls closer to Lincoln's birthday than Washington's it became a popular custom to call that holiday Presidents Day and in fact in 1971, President Richard Nixon proclaimed that the one holiday be called Presidents Day. Unfortunately, "proclaiming" doesn't necessarily get the job done. The Federal statute still designates this day as Washington's Birthday because Congress never approved this change.

Honest Abe
The 16th President was nicknamed "Honest Abe" and "Illinois Rail-Splitter." He was called the rail-splitter because as a young person he had spent many hours with an axe chopping wood. He apparently spent many hours also hanging out not chopping wood, reading by the wood shed, much to the displeasure of his father. His other moniker comes from many reports of his honesty and integrity in his dealings as a lawyer and as a shopkeeper.

The Kennedy Coincidence
Lincoln was elected in 1860, Kennedy in 1960. Their names each contain seven letters. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain 15 letters. While many debate the relevance of these coincidences, this article from Time Magazine (August 21, 1964) was, perhaps the beginning of the whole debate.

Sources:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html.
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/.
http://www.loc.gov/.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/washington1.html

Answer 5

Very complex man. Too much to write here. Why not type his name in your web browser and see what pops up. You could also go to the library and see what books you can find on him.

Answer 6

Grew up in a log cabin.

Taught himself law.

Was a lawyer.

Was a schoolteacher who could not spell, he graded papers as "Oil Kerrect", for "All Correct", and abbreviated it "O.K.", from which we get the abbreviation OK.

Once badged a witness named "John Cass", insisting he could also be called "Jack Cass"...

Answer 7

Abolished slavery in America.Even though he found "the idea that blacks are equal to whites compeletly absurd".

Answer 8

He did not run his campaign for president on freeing the slaves "the people" brought their will to him.

Answer 9

16th president, tallest president

Answer 10

Can you be a little more vague, there, skippy?