Abraham Lincoln-trayvilla Twyla

APRIL 8 2009

[THE NOBLE LIFE] THE BIOGRAPHY: PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Biography:

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the united States , was born of poor farming parents in Hardin Country, Kentucky on February 12, 1890. He read Law by Himself, showed hobbits of thrift and honesty; manage a country store and became known around. He was elected to Illinois state legislative on 1834, practiced law in 1839,, and was elected to the U.S Congress in 1846. His first bill called for emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia. Opposing slavery, he engaged Senator Stephen Douglas in a series of debates on slavery in the states. The Illinois delegates chose Him as their Vice-Presidential candidate. New York and New England cities invited Him to deliver speeches resulting in the Republicans electing him U.S President in 1860. Before his inauguration on March, South Carolina and six AtlanticGulf states formed the Confederacy of America with Jefferson Davis as president. Lincoln , at his inauguration on March 4, 1861. Declared the America union indivisible and denied the right of any state to secede. The Confederacy considered it as a declaration of War and its soldier fired upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 . The war between the north and the south began. Lincoln got 75,000 volunteers; Congress conscripted 4000,000 men and gave the President $4000,000,000 for the war. Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation on Jan.1,1863 freeing all slaves; Congress passed the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. After many pitchedbattles , the north defeated the south, with Southern armies under Gen. Lee surrendering to Gen. Ulysses Grant at Appomatox on April 9,1864. One night Lincoln attended a play at Ford’s Theater, Washington, D.C. He was fatally shot by anarchist-actor John Wilkes Booth. The president died April 15, and a grieving nation buried him at Springfield, Illinois. Princess Twyla M. Trayvilla STI COLLEGE CUBAO 07-04-09