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Today we're going to learn about[br]the American President, Abraham Lincoln.

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Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth[br]president of the United States,

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was born February 12, [br]1809, in Kentucky.

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His father was a farmer[br]and his family was very poor,

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living in a small, [br]one-room log cabin.

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While Lincoln was still very young,[br]his family moved to Indiana,

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and then again[br]to Illinois.

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He only went to school for one year,[br]but he loved books and learning,

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and taught himself [br]as much as he could.

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When he was 22 years old, Abraham Lincoln[br]left home to work at a general store.

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It was there that he got[br]his nickname, "Honest Abe."

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Once a customer accidentally[br]over paid by a few pennies,

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and that night[br]when the store closed,

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Abraham Lincoln walked for miles[br]to take the money back.

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In 1832 Lincoln[br]ran in an election

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to become a member of the Illinois[br]State Legislature, but he lost.

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After that he served [br]as a Captain in the Army,

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and then he started working[br]as a lawyer, and got married.

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In 1846 he was elected to [br]the US House of Representatives.

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In 1860, [br]he ran for President.

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It was a difficult time[br]in the United States.

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The North and the South[br]disagreed on a lot of things,

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and it was getting[br]worse.

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One thing they disagreed [br]on was slavery.

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The Northern states [br]did not want any more slavery.

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The Southern states[br]wanted to keep their slaves.

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Abraham Lincoln [br]did not like slavery, either.

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He was elected President because [br]he had the support of the Northern states.

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He had almost no support[br]from the Southern states.

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As soon as[br]he became President,

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southern states began[br]seceding from the Union.

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That means they decided they didn't want[br]to be a part of the United States anymore.

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President Lincoln was determined[br]to keep the country together,

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and in 1861 [br]a war started.

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It was the Civil War, a terrible,[br]bloody war that lasted four years.

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On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln[br]signed the Emancipation Proclamation,

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an order that freed all the slaves[br]in the southern states.

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A few years later, he helped to pass[br]the 13th amendment to the Constitution,

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which made slavery illegal [br]everywhere in the United States.

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The Civil War finally [br]ended on April 9, 1865.

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President Lincoln wanted[br]to put the country back together,

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and help [br]the South rebuild.

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Unfortunately, he did not[br]live to see that happen.

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Less than a week after[br]the end of the Civil War,

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Lincoln and his wife were watching a play[br]at the Ford Theater in Washington DC

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when he was shot in the head [br]by a man named John Wilkes Booth.

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Abraham Lincoln died [br]the next morning, on April 15, 1865.

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He was the first American[br]President to be assassinated.

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Abraham Lincoln[br]once said,

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"I want it said of me [br]by those who knew me best that

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I always plucked a thistle[br]and planted a flower

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where I thought [br]a flower would grow."

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He is widely considered to be[br]one of the greatest presidents

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in American[br]history.

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His leadership [br]during the Civil War

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and his defense of human[br]liberty make him an American hero.

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His face is on pennies [br]and five-dollar bills,

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he was included [br]in Mount Rushmore,

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and a memorial for him [br]stands in Washington, DC.

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I hope you enjoyed learning about [br]Abraham Lincoln. Goodbye till next time!