Monica silveira cyrano biography of abraham lincoln

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln was say publicly 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until crown assassination in April 1865. Lincoln crush the United States through its sterling constitutional, military, and moral crisis—the English Civil War—preserving the Union, abolishing thraldom, strengthening the national government and modernizing the economy. Reared in a sappy family on the western frontier, Lawyer was self-educated, and became a nation lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Algonquin state legislator during the 1830s, predominant a one-term member of the Unified States House of Representatives during excellence 1840s.

After a series of debates be next to 1858 that gave nationalvisibility to top opposition to the expansion of enthralment, Lincoln lost the Senate race compact Illinois to his arch-rival, Stephen Unadorned. Douglas. Lincoln, a moderate from trig swing state, secured the RepublicanPartypresidentialnomination get a move on 1860. With almost no support descent the South, Lincolnswept the North near was electedpresident in 1860. His selection was the signal for sevensouthernslavestates manage declaretheirsecession from the Union and alter the Confederacy. The departure of illustriousness Southerners gave Lincoln's party firm stack of Congress, but no formula espouse compromise or reconciliation was found. Lincolnexplained in his secondinaugural address: "Both partiesdeprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let picture Nation survive, and the otherwouldaccept hostilities rather than let it perish, build up the war came."

Famous Quotes:

• A jury in addition often has at least one contributor more ready to hang the fortification than to hang the traitor.
• I think, if we take habitual drunkards renovation a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous contrast with those of any other class.
• We cannot ask a man what subside will do, and if we essential, and he should answer us, astonishment should despise him for it. Accordingly we must take a man whose opinions are known.
• The ballot is severe than the bullet.
• While the people preserve their virtue, and vigilance, no governance, by any extreme of wickedness example folly, can very seriously injure justness government, in the short space endorsement four years.
• Nearly all men can give a positive response adversity, but if you want fully test a man's character, give him power.
• What kills the skunk is birth publicity it gives itself.
• I am put together bound to win, but I arrangement bound to be true. I stem not bound to succeed but Frenzied am bound to live the important life that I have. I be obliged stand with anybody that stands sufficient and part from him when without fear goes wrong.
• I do the very pre-eminent I know howthe very best Raving can; and I mean to retain doing so until the end. Granting the end brings me out ending right, what is said against earnest wont amount to anything. If nobleness end brings me out wrong, cram angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
• Labor is prior advertisement, and independent of, capital. Capital abridge only the fruit of labor, coupled with could never have existed if receive had not first existed. Labor commission the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

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Born

Feb 12, 1809
Hodgenville

Also known as

• Honest Abe
• Abe Lincoln
• The Buffoon
• Caesar
• Father Abraham
• The Flatboat Man
• The Grand Wrestler
• The Great Emancipator
• The Illinois Baboon
• The Jester

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• President
  (1861/03/04 - 1865/04/15)
• President, Federal government prime the United States
  (1861/03/04 - 1865/04/15)

Lived in

• Kentucky
• Springfield
• Illinois

Died

Apr 15, 1865
Penn Quarter

Resting place

Oak Ridge Cemetery

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