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Name: Germn
Questions:
1. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12,1809
taken out of : Abraham Lincoln. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/biographies/abrahamlincoln/
2. Name all the jobs he had as an adult.
First of all because of the limited resources of the family and the harshness of
the place, Lincoln had to make his way alone; he held the same offices as his
father (lumberjack, carpenter, hunter)
then family moved again, this time to Decatur (Illinois), where Lincoln began
working, charging a daily wage of ten dollars a month, as boatman in the vapors
plying the Mississippi River to New Orleans
In 1832 he returned to Illinois to settle in New Salem, small newly founded
banks of the Sangamon River city. There he worked as a clerk in a grocery store,
as postmaster and surveyor .take of :Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865). (n.d.).
Retrieved April 11, 2016, from :
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865). (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from
http://www.mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/do/show?key=lincoln-abraham
3. Did Abraham Lincoln go to school?
Well. As his family has very poor he start working while he was a boy so he didnt
have much time for school .
4. What did Abraham Lincoln like to do the most?
He loves to read and he spend most of his time when we was a kid reading
books.
5. When was he elected president of the United States? How was he elected?
After getting elected presidential candidate for his party in the National
Convention held in Chicago in 1860, Lincoln began his campaign with a program
that linked the abolition of slavery, the distribution of land in the West and
strongly protectionist trade measures . The response from South Carolina, state
flag bearer of the slave system, could not be more clear and forceful: If Lincoln
was elected president, secession would be an irreversible fact.
Indeed, Lincoln won in the elections of November 6. take of :Abraham Lincoln
elected president. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-elected-president
6. Add some pictures of him in this document
They put him on the penny and in the five dollar bill. Also he is one of the
presidents on Mount Rushmore and theres even a Lincoln Memorial in
Washington D.C
11. What is Lincoln's Gettysburg address? What was the Battle of Gettysburg about?
12.Make a brief summary about his life and achievements.
basically he becomes of a poor family so early when he was a boy he start
working so he didnt has much time for school. At nine years, Lincoln lost his
mother, so her father remarried with a girl call Sarah Johnson. in the year 1832 a
war of extermination erupted between white settlers against the Indians sank, led
by their chief Black Hawk, over disputed land near the Mississippi. Lincoln got
him appointed captain of a small company, which allowed him to earn the respect
of the small community. Upon his return, Lincoln was submitted to the legislative
state by the Whig Party. He lost to his opponent, but not in the elections held
since 1834 to 1841.
5 years later Lincoln decides to return to the political arena because of the bill
that Senator Stephen A. Douglas .
After getting elected presidential candidate for his party in the National
Convention held in Chicago in 1860, Lincoln began his campaign with a program
that linked the abolition of slavery, the distribution of land in the West and
strongly protectionist trade measures . The response from South Carolina, state
flag bearer of the slave system, could not be more clear and forceful: If Lincoln
was elected president, secession would be an irreversible fact.
Indeed, Lincoln won in the elections of November 6.
12. Name some interesting curious facts about Lincoln.
1. While he was running for president, he received a letter from a girl who told
him he did look better with a beard. And finally he grew one .
2. As a boy, Lincoln worked and he didnt have much time for school but he
loves to read, and he borrowed many books.
3. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to get assassinated. take
of:Abraham Lincoln. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/biographies/abrahamlincoln/
4.
13. Reflection: What are your expectations about this new book that we are going to
read? What are you expecting to learn?
while i was researching the biography of lincoln and i get a feeling to read more
about , what impacts me more, is who we never gives up and how finally he converts
into one of the best presidents of the world . i admire him so much and i expect to
learned more about him and his attitude so i can learn how to never give up