Abraham Lincoln Part 1 H X M B O Y W O R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S T M J C G F I X F U X R G D W F W C Q Q W A D U N P E E C G D W V R O T A P I C N A M E T A E R G B I E U D L I J Y Q S T O R E K E E P E R S U C K K K A T E U U I R O X H Y P E P G L N V E E P P Q Q G K I C E C A U D M R H W Z I N E T J P E T Q Y E A K L N D R A Q U C X H S K Z W L B O U E R V L K E N E E F S L T N O Z I O R I L B I G B I U U X I C B D U N L S G I O K O A K E N A X P L R T C T J Q U K L O Y U P Q O I U C D K Y D U D I S N I F A P S T F Y G H E Y B N N R N M P W I N C N A E T M L Q Q N R Z K V N C H C U Z A I E A A A A I R N F K S F I E B M F A C B D C R I J W M L N M G S N W Y M I P V K V Y A Z E O E B E G H S L P A E W O Q R F Z G J R K Q V E D D F X Q P J B F A I L S T N E D I S E R P O M H X N N Z V J O X Q R B T V S W H C U I J L M F H G J G M R C N F O O T X T K N I T E H T N G E J J R T R C H X O B D C Y T I P H O O C D N P X A T W B P D V E X U T T C E J L F O T M Y D N Y R E V A L S G J T H S I I Y T D B T J N B L O B Z A W G B T B T V E Y R T S Z G W A Q K V G E T R M T R C F K S O O T E Q B L A W N M P D L A D Y Z M I L I T I A C A P T A I N E R N W Q V D C I R C U I T R I D E R W C G A B B D I N O D W Q Y D A C M X J V E M M D H E E Q L R V J U G J T Y P P M S P I R A W N A C I X E M E T V O L G J O Z Q Q Q U R J L T D K S J G V N D U A K G X G K X J I O C Lincoln was born near one of Illinois ablest Hodgenville, KENTUCKY LAWYERS. In 1847, on February 12, 1809. he was elected to the He was regarded by many U.S. House of historians as the foremost REPRESENTATIVES. of American PRESIDENTS. During his single term He held the nation together he became known for through the worst crisis both his opposition to in its history, the AMERICAN the MEXICAN WAR CIVIL WAR. He is viewed and the institution of as the savior of the SLAVERY. He switched American union and the to the new REPUBLICAN "GREAT EMANCIPATOR." PARTY in 1856 and ran Lincoln moved to INDIANA for the U.S. Senate when he was 7. His against the "LITTLE MOTHER died 2 years GIANT," Stephen A. Douglas. later and his father married Though he lost, the race a widow, Sarah Bush attracted national attention JOHNSTON. She had because of the debates INFLUENCED him in over the issue of slavery many good ways. His in the territories. On EDUCATION was limited February 27, 1860, in to a few months in a New York City, he one teacher school. delivered his brilliant Lincoln avidly read books COOPER UNION speech, such as the BIBLE, in which he argued the PILGRIM'S PROGRESS Federal governments power and Weemss Life of to limit slavery in the Washington. Growing to territories. This greatly a muscular 6'4", he supported INFLUENCED Lincoln's himself by MANUAL standing in the country. labor until he was 21, when he settled in NEW KENTUCKY SALEM, Ill. He served PRESIDENTS as a STOREKEEPER, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MILITIA CAPTAIN in GREAT EMANCIPATOR the Black Hawk War, INDIANA and postmaster. At the MOTHER same time he continued JOHNSTON educating himself. In INFLUENCED 1832, he lost a race for EDUCATION the STATE LEGISLATURE BIBLE but won a seat as a WHIG 2 PILGRIMS PROGRESS years later. He served 4 MANUAL terms and gained statewide NEW SALEM popularity for his homespun STOREKEEPER wit and integrity. Lincoln MILITIA CAPTAIN also began his private STATE LEGISLATURE study of LAW, borrowing WHIG books from a local LAW ATTORNEY, and was ATTORNEY licensed to practice in CIRCUIT RIDER 1836. Increasingly successful MARY TODD as a CIRCUIT RIDER, he LAWYERS settled in Springfield. In REPRESENTATIVES 1842, he married MEXICAN WAR MARY TODD of Lexington, SLAVERY Ky., and 2 years later REPUBLICAN PARTY he formed a partnership LITTLE GIANT with William H. Herndon COOPER UNION and went on to become INFLUENCED Learning With Puzzles™All Rights Reserved