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Birthday
Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville Kentucky -
Mother dies
Abe was nearly 10 years old when his mother died of milk sickness -
education
Abraham had little education. he attended school for a short time at a young age. From then on he was self taught, mostly with library books. -
gave up job as clerk
He gave up his job as a clerk and enlisted. 3 days later he was elected captain of his company -
war
volunteer in the Illinois Militia April 21, 1832 – July 10, 1832, during the Black Hawk War. never saw combat -
Illinois legislature
Abraham was the Illinois Legislature from 1834-1844 -
Lawyer
Abe started to become self taught in law, he eventually moved to Springfield and got a partnership -
Abe moves to Illinois
Abe and his family move to Springfield Illinois -
Marriage
He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln. They got married in Springfield Illinois.They were married until the end of his presidency, which was also when he died. -
first kid
Robert Tod Lincoln was their first born child. -
Edward Baker was born
Edward was their second born. He was also the first die, at age 4 -
Edward dies
Edward had typhoid cancer and died -
William Wallace was Born
William Wallace was their third born son. He died at age 11 -
father dies
his father died when he was around 41. -
Thomas Lincoln was born
Thomas was their fourth born child. he was the third to die -
joined Republicanism
officially became a republican -
civil war begins
the civil war begins when General Pierre's confederate artillery opened fire -
Lincoln calls for end of rebellion
Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to put down the rebellion -
gets elected president
Abe won the election and got voted 16th president -
William Wallace dies
Willie had typhoid fever, he did not make it -
Lincoln uses power to end slavery
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, setting slaves in the Confederate area free -
national banking act
creates the system for a national bank to supervise, Congress creates the “controller of the currency” position -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln makes his famous Gettysburg Address, 3 paragraphs, on the bloodstained battlefield. -
Abe gets reelected
The citizens thought he did so good, they reelected him as next president -
Thirteenth amendment
With Lincoln's influence, the House of Representatives calls for the emancipation of all slaves and no compensation to their owners. -
death
assassinated at a play by John Wilkes Booth. never made it out of office -
gets shot
Abraham was attending a play, when John Wilkes Booth shot him -
Slavery ends
Lincoln ends slavery -
buried
gets buried after being shot and killed -
thieves tried to steal his body
thieves attempted to take his body from the grave for $200,000 and the freedom of a friend in jail
