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Lincoln was a congressman who spoke out against the war against Mexico.
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Lincoln debated Douglas and delivered the House Divided speech. It stated reasons the Union should not split.
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Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States.
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President Lincoln sent supplies to Fort Sumter. This was a tactic used to make the Confederate Army shoot first to start the Civil War.
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President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the Confederate states. This went into effect on January 1st, 1863.
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President Lincoln gave the Gettysburgh Address at a cemetary dedication.
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President Lincoln was re-elected in 1864. He won easily due to the end of the Civil War. He encouraged the southern states to rejoin the Union.
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President Lincoln addressed the need to reconstruct the South and rebuild the Union.
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President Lincoln gave a speech on the White House lawn to welcome Southerners back into the Union.
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President Lincoln was shot by a southern sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC. He died six hours later.
