Abraham Lincoln was one of our many Presidents we’ve had through our history that has had left mark on history as his legacy. The events in Lincoln’s early life set the stage for him to become the intellectual he grew up to be. Someone who is dedicated to learning by just reading books shows the character of determination and on the road to success. Lincoln’s early life had given him a taste of knowledge which lead him into politics, later leading him to becoming our 16th President, and the major events that occurred during his presidency that will forever go down in history.
Abraham Lincoln grew up being a well rounded and self-sufficient man. He was born February 12, 1809, in a small cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. He lived with his Father, …show more content…
Abe described his new Stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston as kind and loving. When Abe got old enough to go to schools, he attended schools that were referred to blab schools.[2] He only got about a year of formal schooling, everything else he earned was through books and self-taught. No matter where he went he had always carried a book with him everywhere he went, which helped him to learn to read and write. When he got older he would take on jobs like, cutting down trees, digging wheels, and other odd jobs. [3]But during this time his sister had died, which he had been very close with and he had fallen into depression, but shortly after it had been turnaround with a new job offer. He was offered a job on as a guide on a flatboat to New Orleans. When he arrived in New Orleans that's when he truly realized he was angered by slavery because of how they were being sold and treated. After returning home he had moved to Illinois with his family and eventually decided to leave his family and move to New Salem, IL. There Abe had joined the New Salem Debating Society, where he learned to express his ideas clearly. With that he saw that he was interested in helping …show more content…
He was elected in 1861, along with his Vice President Hannibal Hamlin with the Whigs, but later became the Republican Party. [2]He served two terms but was killed, at the start of his second term in 1865, which his Vice President for his second term was sworn in as the 17th President. But Lincoln’s time as President involved more than just him being assassinated. When Lincoln was sworn into his presidency, in 1861 South Carolina had already succeeded from the union and after that came along six more states.[1] The Battle of Fort Sumter was the battle to begin the civil war on April 12 ,1861.[4] While this went one, Lincoln established the Department of Agriculture, in which has four sections explain what it is and what it does, and was approved, May 15th, 1862. Also in 1862 he passed the The Homestead Act, which gave people who’d never gone against the U.S. government, including slaves, ownership of land at little or no cost.[7] In 1863 he also signed the National Banking Act into a law to establish a national currency and a financial network.[3] Even though this is only part of the the things Lincoln did during his presidency he will be remembered for making necessary decisions in
Abraham Lincoln grew up being a well rounded and self-sufficient man. He was born February 12, 1809, in a small cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. He lived with his Father, …show more content…
Abe described his new Stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston as kind and loving. When Abe got old enough to go to schools, he attended schools that were referred to blab schools.[2] He only got about a year of formal schooling, everything else he earned was through books and self-taught. No matter where he went he had always carried a book with him everywhere he went, which helped him to learn to read and write. When he got older he would take on jobs like, cutting down trees, digging wheels, and other odd jobs. [3]But during this time his sister had died, which he had been very close with and he had fallen into depression, but shortly after it had been turnaround with a new job offer. He was offered a job on as a guide on a flatboat to New Orleans. When he arrived in New Orleans that's when he truly realized he was angered by slavery because of how they were being sold and treated. After returning home he had moved to Illinois with his family and eventually decided to leave his family and move to New Salem, IL. There Abe had joined the New Salem Debating Society, where he learned to express his ideas clearly. With that he saw that he was interested in helping …show more content…
He was elected in 1861, along with his Vice President Hannibal Hamlin with the Whigs, but later became the Republican Party. [2]He served two terms but was killed, at the start of his second term in 1865, which his Vice President for his second term was sworn in as the 17th President. But Lincoln’s time as President involved more than just him being assassinated. When Lincoln was sworn into his presidency, in 1861 South Carolina had already succeeded from the union and after that came along six more states.[1] The Battle of Fort Sumter was the battle to begin the civil war on April 12 ,1861.[4] While this went one, Lincoln established the Department of Agriculture, in which has four sections explain what it is and what it does, and was approved, May 15th, 1862. Also in 1862 he passed the The Homestead Act, which gave people who’d never gone against the U.S. government, including slaves, ownership of land at little or no cost.[7] In 1863 he also signed the National Banking Act into a law to establish a national currency and a financial network.[3] Even though this is only part of the the things Lincoln did during his presidency he will be remembered for making necessary decisions in