His childhood was "a concise chronicle of poverty". When he was a child, he helped his family move firewood, carry water and do farm work. Parents are descendants of British immigrants. They make a living by farming and hunting. 18 16, the Lincoln family moved to southwest Indiana to reclaim land for a living. At the age of 9, Lincoln's mother, who was only 34 years old, died unfortunately.
A year later, my father married a kind and enlightened woman named Sarah Bush. The stepmother is kind and hardworking, takes her ex-wife's children as her own and is full of love for young Lincoln. Lincoln also loved his stepmother, and the family lived in harmony and happiness. Because of his poor family, Lincoln didn't get a good education. In order to support his family, Lincoln worked as a ferryman, plantation worker, shop assistant and carpenter on the Ohio River in his teens. When he was young 18 years old, Lincoln, who was tall (193cm), was employed by a ship owner and sailed thousands of miles along the Ohio River with others. Before the age of 25, Lincoln had no fixed job and made a living everywhere. As an adult, he became a local land surveyor. Because he is proficient in measurement and calculation, he is often invited by people to solve land boundary disputes. After hard work, Lincoln has always been a young man who loves reading, and the light of reading at night always flashes late. When he was young, Lincoln read all Shakespeare's works, American history and many books on history and literature. He made himself a learned man through self-study. He made his first political speech at a political rally. Because he attacked slavery and put forward some suggestions beneficial to public utilities, Lincoln had an influence on the public, and with his outstanding personality, he was elected as a state senator in 1834.
1834 In August, 25-year-old Lincoln was elected as a state legislator and began his political career. He also manages rural post offices, conducts land surveys and studies law with the help of friends. Two years later, Lincoln became a lawyer through self-study and soon became the Whig leader of the state legislature. After accumulating the experience of state legislators, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives on 1846. 1847, Lincoln, as a representative of the Whig Party, participated in the election of members of Congress and was successful. He came to Washington for the first time. Around this time, the debate about slavery has become a major event in American political life. In this debate, Lincoln gradually became an anti-slavery person. He believes that slavery should be abolished eventually, and it should be abolished in Washington first. Slavery, which represents the interests of southern slave owners, is crazy against Lincoln. 1850 during the middle ages, the power of American slave owners increased greatly, and Lincoln withdrew from Congress and continued to be a lawyer.
1860, Lincoln became the Republican presidential candidate. In June 1 1, the election was announced. Lincoln was elected as the 16 th president of the United States with 2 million votes, but he didn't get the 1 vote in the southern states controlled by slave owners.
After the general election was announced, the slave owners of the southern plantations created divisions and launched a rebellion. 1 1 The southern states successively seceded from the federation, announced the establishment of the "League of American States", formulated a new constitution and elected presidents.
186 1 In April, the rebels in the south first started a war against the north. Lincoln called on the people to fight for the unification of the union.
At the beginning of the civil war, because the planters in the south plotted rebellion for a long time, the Lincoln government tried to compromise and lost in the war. The capital, Washington, is threatened. In order to turn the tide, with the help of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1862, the Lincoln administration promulgated the Homestead Act, which stipulated that American citizens could acquire 160 acres of land in the west by paying 10 dollars, and they could become their owners after five years of continuous farming. In September, the The Emancipation Proclamation was promulgated, abolishing slavery and stipulating that slaves who rebelled in various states were free men. The form of war suddenly changed.
/kloc-in the summer of 0/863, the northern army turned to counterattack. 1865, the southern rebels surrendered to the northern army, and the four-year civil war ended in victory in the north.
Be assassinated
1865 On the evening of April 14, Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford Theater in Washington just after the Civil War. On May 4th, Lincoln was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Lincoln led the American people to safeguard national unity, abolish slavery, remove obstacles for the development of capitalism, and promote the development of American history. 100 has been respected by the American people for more than a decade. Because of Lincoln's progressive role in American history, people praised him as "a model of national rulers in the new era." [2] Summary abraham lincoln (1February 80912-1April 865 15) was the 16 th president of the United States, the first Republican president and the first American president to be assassinated. He made great contributions to the development of American society and was revered by the American people.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln1February, 809 12 was born in Harding County, Kentucky. When he was young, he worked as a salesman, postman, surveyor and carpenter. 1832, he failed to run for the Illinois Senate. From 1833 to 1836, he served as the postmaster in New Salem, Illinois.
1834 In August, he was elected as a member of the Illinois legislature as a Whig, and served for three consecutive terms until 1842. 1June, 836, obtained the qualification of lawyer through self-study, and then co-founded a law firm in Springfield. In June, 1847, he was elected as the only Whig representative in the state. 1856, Lincoln quit the Whig Party because of his strong opposition to the expansion of slavery, joined the newly established anti-slavery Republican Party, and soon became the main party. 1860165438+10 In October, Lincoln was elected president and the Republican Party came to power for the first time. Lincoln's election posed a serious threat to the interests of southern planters. 186 1 year, the civil war broke out. At the beginning of the war, Lincoln adopted the policy of seeking reconciliation with the south and lost in the military. At the strong demand of all walks of life, 1862 passed a series of laws against slavery. 1On September 22nd, 862, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that from June 65438 +0863 10 +065438 10, slaves would be abolished and become free men. This document brought hope and courage to the slaves. Many slaves left the southern army and joined the northern army. 1864 put forward the slogan "for the people, by the people and for the people" to boost morale and win the civil war in April/865. In the general election of 1864, Lincoln proposed the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery and put it into the Republican platform. 165438+1On October 8th, Lincoln was re-elected. 1865 On the evening of April 14, while watching the comedy Our American Relatives at the Ford Theatre in Washington, Lincoln was assassinated by a mob bought by a southern slave owner and died the next morning. Lincoln's unfortunate death caused great shock at home and abroad, and the American people deeply mourned him. More than 7 million people stopped on both sides of the road to pay tribute to the funeral procession, and 6.5438+0.5 million people paid tribute to Lincoln's body. [ 1]