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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was elected President When hostilities began between the North and South The Civil War lasted 4 years Midway through the war Union victory insured In 1809, in Kentucky. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln was born dirt poor in a log cabin

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Abraham Lincoln

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  1. Abraham Lincoln • Abraham Lincoln was elected President • When hostilities began between the North and South • The Civil War lasted 4 years • Midway through the war • Union victory insured • In 1809, in Kentucky • Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln was born dirt poor in a log cabin • 600,000 Americans died • 7 slave states left the Union • State sovereignty was not more important than federal authority • 4 more slave states joined the Confederacy

  2. Lincoln • Lincoln was largely • He taught himself • While Lincoln served in the House of Reps • In the 1860 campaign for President • Lincoln raised an army and Navy of nearly • The South raised an army of • Self educated • Expressed his opposition to slavery and its expansion into the new territories • 2 million men • Law • 3 million men • Opposed the war with Mexico

  3. Lincoln • Lincoln used his executive power to • The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all the slaves in the Union • Lincoln also urged black males to • Lincoln is measured by his most lasting accomplishment • Less than a week after the surrender • To join the Union forces • Only slaves in the Confederacy • Preservation of the Union, vindication of democracy and the death of slavery • Preserve the Union • Lincoln was assassinated

  4. Robert E. Lee • Robert E Lee was born • His family members include • At 18 years old • Robert E. Lee is one of only 6 cadets • He graduated with perfect scores in • He married Mary Custis • Artillery, infantry, and cavalry • Who graduated without a single demerit • The great-granddaughter of George Washington • January 19, 1807 in Stratford Hall, VA • Enrolled at the US Military Academy at West Point • Former President, a chief justice and signers of the Declaration of Independence

  5. Lee • When the US went to war with Mexico • When Lee got out of the military • The family property had difficulty • Lee’s break came when • President Lincoln asked Lee to be • Lee volunteered his military services to • Lee distinguished himself as a brave battle commander and brilliant tactician • Lee struggled with tasks in everyday life • He tried to make the family farm profitable • To Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Army • Commander of the US Army • He put down a slave rebellion at Harper’s Ferry

  6. Lee • The Battle of Antietam • The 3-day stand-off known as the Battle of Gettysburg, • Lee surrendered to Grant • Lee was not convicted of being a traitor • 1970 • Lincoln and Grant forgave Lee • Nearly destroyed his army • Lee’s US citizenship was restored by President Gerald Ford • 14,000 of his men were captured, killed, or wounded • In a private home in Appomattox, VA

  7. Ulysses S Grant • As a President, Grant is dismissed as • He was quiet and soft-spoken general • He was a great supporter of the transcontinental railroad • He made efforts as President • Grant was born in Ohio • Grant was a small, quiet, sensitive child • Oversaw its completion from CA to NE • Weak and ineffective • The first of 6 children • Well-known for his talent for horses • But inspired great bravery from his soldier • In areas of African-American rights, native American policy and civil service reform

  8. Grant • Grant attended the US Military Academy at West Point • Grant fought in the Mexican War • Grant also attempted a variety of other odd jobs • In the last years of the Civil War • He ended the Civil War by • Ulysses S Grant became our • Excelled in mathematics, writing, drawing, and horsemanship • 18th President • Was cited twice for bravery • Forcing the surrender of Petersburg, VA in 1865 • Farming, insurance sales, and leather goods • He was praised and criticized for his willingness to sustain high casualties

  9. Grant • When Grant appointed his cabinet • Grant desired to pass the 15th Amendment • He sent in the military to • After Grant’s Presidency • In his final days • Were spent writing his life’s epic tale • To protect African-Americans from newly formed terrorist groups • Granted citizens voting rights regardless of race • He had financial difficulties and was dying of throat cancer • He chose people he thought he could trust

  10. On the front of Lincoln’s Biography • Your name • The color of your original highlighter(s) • The color of your re-highlighter • Which biography notes/highlighting were the most accurate • 1-5 Overall rating of the information you highlighted/notes and re-highlighted

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