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Born
He was born in a one room log cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky.
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Married Mary Todd
Mary Todd was born in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Won the election to the U.S. House of Representatives
He was an unpopular candidate for his strong stance against the war with the U.S. and Mexico. After serving his term he did not seek reelection.
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Lincoln Is Elected President.
He ran for the Republican Party against Steven Douglas, a Democrat. He ran for president because he disagreed with the Kansas-Nebraska Act, an law that stated that voters of each territory, rather than the state, had the right to vote and decide whether they were a free or slave territory.
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Lincoln Is Inaugurated
By the time Lincoln was inaugurated, sevens states had seceded from the union and formed The Confederate States of America.
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Lincoln Issues The Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all of the slaves in the rebellious states, but left slaves in the border states enslaved.
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Lincoln Gives The Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gave a short but famous speech at the new cemetery in Gettysburg abut human equality and the founding fathers.
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Lincoln is Inaugurated a Second Time
Lincoln gives a speech about rebuilding the south with malice towards none and charity for all.
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Lincoln Gives Near Victory Speech
On the White House lawn, Lincoln gave a speech about reconstruction days after Robert E. Lee surrendered.
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Died
On the evening of April 15, 1865 John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and confederate sympathizer, shot and assassinated Lincoln in Ford's Theater, Washington DC.
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