Transcript Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
How was Abraham Lincoln important
to society? Statistics show that
Abraham Lincoln failed 65% of his
life running for a part in in
government or in his own home life.
Background of Lincoln
• Lincoln was very important to our society. In 1832 Lincoln
was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. In the
1850s he committed himself to to fully take on the task that
slavery subverted the “American dream”. During the same
period of time he brought politics to the main issue of
slavery. Later in time he was elected presidency in 1860.
He was the sixteenth elected President of the United States.
Lincoln and Failures
•1832- lost for state legislature
•1838- wanted to become speaker of the state legislature
•1840-wanted to become elector and lost
•1843-ran for congress and lost
•1848- ran for re-election to congress and lost
•1854- ran for senate and lost
•1858- ran for senate again and lost
Lincoln and Accomplishments
• 1834- ran for state legislature and won
• 1846- ran for congress and won
• 1860- ran for Presidency of the United States and won
My opinion
• My opinion about Abraham Lincoln is that he was a hard
working guy and he never gave up. For example, all those
times he ran for a certain job and lost he never sat there
and complained he got knocked down but then got right
back up again. Now a days we need more people in our
society who work hard and don’t give up. Abraham
Lincoln was a big help to our society.
Lincoln and Slavery
• Lincoln always despised the idea of slavery. In 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United
States. In December of 1861 Abraham Lincoln urged the
border of states to voluntarily emancipate their slaves. In
January 1st of 1863 the Emancipation Proclomation went
went into effect, all the slaves in the confederate territory.
Then in June of 1864 the Fugitive Slave Law was passed.
Lincoln
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Abraham_Lincoln