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Who was the 16th President of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln was elected to Congress in what year?
1846
Lincoln’s opposition to the Mexican–American War was unpopular among whom?
The voters.
how did he learn to read
he taught himself
His election prompted how many southern slave states to form the Confederacy before he took the office?
7
On what date was Abraham Lincoln born?
February 12, 1809,
As a congressman, what did he promote?
Rapid modernization of the economy through banks, tariffs, and railroads.
what is the most relevant battle that Lincoln was apart of
the civil war
when did aberham Lincoln go to school
1820 and 1822
incoln had very little support in the slave states, but he swept the North and was elected president in what year?
1860
Lincoln was the second child of whom?
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
He had originally agreed not to what?
run for a second term
when was the black hawk war
April 6, 1832 – August 27, 1832
Where was Lincoln reared?
In a poor family on the western frontier.
how did abraham lincoln help the slaves
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Where was Abraham Lincoln born
In a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Lincoln returned to politics in 1854, and was a leader in building up the new what?
Republican Party, which had a statewide majority.
when did the Confederate forces crossed the Potomac River and set foot on Union soil for the third time during the Civil War?
July 5 1864
Lincoln’s father was among the “what” in the county.
Richest men in the county.
when was the emancipation proclamation signed
January 1, 1863
Lincoln's mother, Nancy, was the daughter of Lucy Hanks, and was born where?
In what is now Mineral County, West Virginia, then part of Virginia.
in highly publicized debates in 1858, what did Lincoln speak out against?
The expansion of slavery.
how long did the civil war last
4 years
By the time his son Abraham was born, Thomas owned two 600-acre what?
Farms.
When did the last slaves get freed?
June 19 1865