How can Abraham Lincoln inspire us?

2013/2014

Presented by: Kassemi Haitam

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I. Why Abraham Lincoln ?

II. Who is Abraham Lincoln

III. Accomplishment

IV. What I didn’t know!!

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Why

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Ideas worth spreading

5 Inspiration

6 He will have to learn, I know,

that all men are not just,

all men are not true.

But teach him also that

for every scoundrel there is a hero;

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In the school teach himit is far more honorable to failthan to cheat…

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This is a big order,

but see what you can do…

He is such a fine fellow,

my son!

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Who is Abraham Lincoln

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• Born February 12, 1809• Had one sister named

Sarah• His father was a farmer.

Lincoln did not want to be a farmer and he and his father were not close.

• Both of Lincoln’s parents were illiterate (they could not read)

• Lincoln’s mother died when he was 9

9 • Lincoln’s father remarried after the death of his first wife

• He married Sarah Johnston• She was also illiterate but

encouraged Lincoln to teach himself how to read and write

• Lincoln was very close to his stepmother and looked up to her

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• Lincoln leaves home at age 21 and moves to Illinois

• Runs for his first government office at age 23 (state legislature) and loses

• Lincoln becomes a lawyer in the 1830s

• In 1860, Abraham Lincoln defeated three other men to become the sixteenth President of the United States.

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Accomplishment

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• The 13th Amendment completely abolished slavery and prohibits it’s existence today

• States: Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and New Jersey

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I didn’t know that

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Lincoln’s memory

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Lincoln Memorial

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Next steps

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the transition from lawyer to politician details of the 1860 Presidential

Campaign The first and the second mandate Details of his accomplishments his assassination

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Thank you for your attention