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Abraham Lincoln American Presidents Abraham Lincoln *12.02.1809 +15.04.1865 (assasinated) 16th president of the United States First election: 1860 (again in 1864) Member of the Republican Party — Curriculum vitae - — - 1818 his mother died →got a step-mom which he became really fond of (his "Angel-mother") began to study law (1836 → began to practice law) 1842 he got married to Mary Todd He first entered politics, when Andrew Jackson was president 1856 Lincoln became a Republican 1860 was nominated on the third ballot at the Republican National Convention 04.03.1861 Inaugurated as first Republican President 15.04.1865 day of his assassination, went to see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's theater that night was shot What he has done for America? - preserved the union - abolished slavery - bolstered the federal government - modernized the U.S. economy Grid President Abraham Lincoln biographical info - 16th president of the United States - preserved the union - abolished slavery - bolstered the federal government - modernized the U.S. economy - condemns the Crittenden Compromise, a Kentucky proposal to assuage secessionist Southerners by allowing some expansion of slavery in the West (1861) historical background - In the 19th century, the slave question divided the young United States into northern and southern states - American civil war->(600.000 die) - Childhood in poverty - Lawyer & politican - Good speaker (best) - Slavery opponent: John Brown - Union breaks apart - Bloody term of office (Civil War) - Against slavery - goal achieved-> Lincoln saved the Union -...