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1 Chapter 1: Life in a Log Cabin 1. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in a log cabin in Ohio. 2. Abraham s father could read and write. 3. The Lincoln family moved to Indiana because it was not a slave state. 4. When Abraham was five, his mother died and his father married Sarah. 5. Abraham didn t go to school long, but he did learn to read. 6. Abraham loved to read, but he didn t like to play practical jokes. HAMBRAA COLINLN HARAS _

2 Chapter 2: The Wider World 1. Abraham wanted to be a farmer like his father. 2. Abraham got a job running a store in a town called New Salem. 3. The Clary s Grove gang wrestled with Lincoln and lost. 4. Lincoln lost his job at the store because the owner didn t like him. 5. Lincoln ran for state legislature twice and won both times. 6. Lincoln sometimes suffered from attacks of depression. EWN MSEAL EDSSIONPRE

3 Chapter 3: A Member of Congress 1. Lincoln moved to Springfield, the state capital of Illinois. 2. Abraham got a job keeping track of paperwork at a friend s law firm. 3. Lincoln belonged to the Whig party. He supported states rights. 4. In 1942 Lincoln married Mary Todd. 5. Abraham and Mary had four boys. One had a nickname Tad. 6. Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives. GWIH YMAR DOTD ADT _

4 Chapter 4: The Great Debater 1. Abolitionists were people who supported slavery. 2. Lincoln was against the Kansas-Nebraska act. 3. Stephen Douglas was also against the Kansas-Nebraska act. 4. Dred Scott was a slave whose owner brought him to Wisconsin. 5. The Republican party was created, but Lincoln did not join. 6. James Buchanan became president. He supported slavery. BOAISTLITION MESJA UCHBNANA _

5 Chapter 5: Mr. President 1. Douglas was known as The Big Giant. 2. The Republican party chose Lincoln as their candidate for president. 3. Lincoln was known as The Rail Candidate. 4. Lincoln was confident he would win the election. 5. Lincoln won the election, but he was very worried about his new job. 6. A young girl suggested Lincoln grow a beard, so he did. PUBRECANLI RESPITEND LECOINTE _

6 Chapter 6: Civil War 1. Only four southern states left the union of the United States. 2. The southern states formed The Confederate States of America. 3. The civil war started at Fort Sumter in North Carolina. 4. Frederick Douglas was a former slave who became an author. 5. Lincoln s son Tad died of typhoid fever. 6. Mary Lincoln was not very popular. FEDCONATEER ATSEST ORFT UMSRET _

7 Chapter 7: The End of Slavery 1. After two years, the South was winning the war. 2. Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. 3. The Emancipation Proclamation outlawed slavery. 4. Slaves in the North tried to escape to the South. 5. Black soldiers fought for the Union army. 6. By the end of the war, almost 100,000 blacks had joined the army. MANCIEPANIOT ROCPALMANIOT

8 Chapter 8: A Two-Minute Speech 1. Ulysses S. Grant was not a good general. 2. For the first time in US history, men were forced to join the army. 3. People in the North were not happy about the war. 4. Lincoln gave a two hour speech at a cemetery in Gettysburg. 5. The Gettysburg Address is a beautiful and important speech. 6. Lincoln was against making Thanksgiving a national holiday. NTGRA BUGGERTTSY DDASSER

9 Chapter 9: The War Is Won 1. In 1864 Lincoln ran for President again. 2. Lincoln won the election because people in the South voted for him. 3. General Lee defeated Grant and won the war. 4. Congress passed the 13 th Amendment to outlaw slavery. 5. John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln at the White House. 6. Lincoln was 76 years old when he died. ENGALER ELE HOJN ILWSEK OTHBO _

10 Chapter 10: Farewell to the President 1. John Wilkes Booth was found guilty in a trial. 2. The people of the United States were very sad about Lincoln s death. 3. Mary Lincoln did not go to her husband s funeral. 4. Lincoln s face is on the US penny and ten-dollar bill. 5. Lincoln is remembered on President s Day. 6. Lincoln s face is carved on Mount Rushmore. DENTPREISS AYD OUMTN MORUSHER _ _