Abraham Lincoln Part 2 O W C J D H T A E D M A H B S N A C I L B U P E R J H Q G I V P T M Z P R G R E A T B R I T A I N F W A K S Y A D I R F D O O G S Y P J Z U H O C V W J B W K U E X Z X U U B W T B R I B K S H M X V N Y F G S S B I V D S N F T Y A O N L P R R S P T F R L V W D C P L E E S A R M Y R O X R S E C N C A I E R I E L G A L B T E C N T R T T E B X C K R Q F P H Y K S C F C I V A U G S V G S S C B U O B E C M T T R Q M I G T W C N C Z J N S I O Z G C N Z A Z O F U A G D V D O X I I N S I R D N V S Z H C B Q O G X O V B X A A R G V S L H R E F I K O E X I M B C W J S N K Z B G Y N I S S Y N E Q M R C S C L S V K E T R E E L V F W A L A X C D O W D H I M A E D B O A N T T J E W C X H W S Y E H G I A X D A K P D C Y O U L R H X I Y Y K A S R V L Q R T S E L A J P E H T U Y N N B D I M H R A S S K I E I U I I A N C O L L P T Q C Q Y E L I T Y F J T E H M W C C R T E G M Y I D H Z L Z I L E G R W Y N Z K N M P E Q C K C N A X T F Z X T S P Q F J A T D J H G Q H A S D G H X W T O S E F Q E O I Y C H E K O V P T K S Q O Y D O E K T T H L Y S I U T B R T J H Z R E D A E L R U T X S Y O Q R I M Z W T R E I D L O S R A V P O B P P N R W E X V K H O M T H D V M N J E T Y U D F P N E E Q M W I U L G X S G G V F V N K U F Z D L P E O T V U X P J P G J I O J X O V G P Q B Q I K H Y M O W T H M G N C W T X B A T P S N F O Q J A W V X X U V Y Z T N A R X In July, the REPUBLICANS an inefficient ADMINISTRATOR nominated Lincoln for and ran his office like the PRESIDENCY on a large law firm, with the third ballot at the a staff of 2 male secretaries. convention in Chicago. He made himself needlessly The Democratic Party split accessible to office into NORTHERN and seekers and special pleaders. SOUTHERN factions, He was a superb LEADER, each with its own presidential unswerving in his goal candidate. Lincoln's election of restoring and preserving the following November, the Union. Lincoln also over 3 other candidates, showed a grasp of foreign with only 40% of the affairs, skillfully avoiding popular vote, was unacceptable a war with GREAT BRITAIN. to Southern politicians and The war ended with the became the pretext for surrender of LEES ARMY first, South Carolina at APPOMATTOX on and in quick order 10 April 9, 1865. Lincoln other states to SECEDE chose to RECONCILE from the Union. Lincoln with the South. He was sworn in as the expressed this in his second nations 16th (SIXTEENTH) inaugural address, president, 4 Mar. 1861, March 4, 1865, in which the same time as the he spoke of "MALICE CONFEDERATE States toward none" and of America were formed. "CHARITY for all." On Lincoln tried to woo the GOOD FRIDAY, April 14, 1865, SOUTH back into the Lincoln was ASSASSINATED Union. The history of at Ford's Theatre in Lincoln's administration WASHINGTON by JOHN followed the course WILKES BOOTH, an of the CIVIL WAR. ACTOR, who somehow He believed that only thought he was helping a vigorous PROSECUTION the South. of the war would restore the Union. Despite enormous REPUBLICANS battle casualties and much PRESIDENCY political opposition, his NORTHERN will to win never subsided. SOUTHERN Lincoln took care to keep SECEDE the affection of the SIXTEENTH ordinary Union SOLDIER CONFEDERATE while still displaying a SOUTH surprising aptitude for CIVIL WAR military strategy. He PROSECUTION always took care not to SOLDIER alienate his basic DEATH constituency, the ordinary WILLIE citizens of Northern and WIFE Western states, while EARTHY advancing the progress ADMINISTRATOR of the war. In 1862, LEADER Lincoln became grieved GREAT BRITAIN over the DEATH of his LEES ARMY 12-year-old son, WILLIE, APPOMATTOX and the shrewish behavior RECONCILE of his emotionally unstable MALICE WIFE. To conceal his CHARITY melancholy, he often told GOOD FRIDAY EARTHY stories, to the ASSASSINATED disgust of some of his WASHINGTON more polished cabinet JOHN WILKES BOOTH members. Lincoln was ACTOR Learning With Puzzles™All Rights Reserved