Mary Todd Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky in a one room cabin with dirt floors and no glass windows. He went from the Wilderness to the White House capturing the American Dream on the way. He was a self-made man and was self-educated with less than a year of formal schooling. Lincoln was named after his Grandfather Abraham after the move to Kentucky in 1782. Lincoln was the son of a dirt farmer and his early life was poor and simple. He lived in the cabin he was born in until he…

Abraham Lincoln, standing at 6 ft 4 inches, was not only the tallest president, but was also the most productive. He aspired to end slavery once and for all, and to save the Union in the Civil War. In the Leaving a Legacy unit, many movements or people’s legacies have been researched to share with their classmates. Abraham Lincoln’s legacy was enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation, helping to end slavery in the southern states and taking a step toward racial equality. Abraham Lincoln was…

Born a slave in 1818, Elizabeth Keckley became a skilled dressmaker for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. After President Lincoln’s assassination, Keckley wrote one of the first personal accounts of life inside the Lincoln White House, Behind the Scenes: Or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Elizabeth Keckley had experienced the exploitation and degradation common to thousands of slave women. She was born in Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia, and spent her childhood as a slave of…

Mindy Phan 278716 August 25, 2014 Civil War Journal Based on Seth Graham-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter People of the Civil War 1. Sec. of State William Seward Because of his prominence and support in the Republican Party, William Seward earned his position as the nation’s Secretary of State from 1861-1869, under Abraham Lincoln. William possessed the trait as an active abolitionist and contributed to the abolishment of slavery. In Maryland, he gave his overt suggestion to Abraham…

Abraham Lincoln. I am going to tell you things about him like why he became president, what did he do before and after he was president. So you should continued to read, and you learn things about Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12 1809, in Hardin (but now it is called Larue) county, Kentucky. His parents names are Thomas Lincoln which is his father, then his mother is Nancy Hanks Lincoln but he also had a stepmother who is Sarah Bush Johnson Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln had…

Abraham Lincoln, has been a huge surprise during the Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln” to hear that the president was born in low social standing and little educated family. Abraham Lincoln was born in rural farmlands of Kentucky in 1809, and moved to different states several times: first to Indiana and later to Illinois. The future president of USA had less than a year of formal education, however it didn’t stop him to always feel hungry reading books and educate himself. Abraham Lincoln even…

Abraham Lincoln is a great communicator because he was one of the best speakers of his time, and as a politician he was a realist and a visionary that persuaded with his speeches, and also was one of the greatest leaders of our country whose legacy remains through time. BODY I. Being a man that struggled to overcome his humble beginnings, Abraham Lincoln fought adversity to achieve success to later become in the first Republican President of the United States. A. Abraham Lincoln was born…

Abraham Lincoln was a well-known individual who changed American culture by forming the process of the Emancipation Proclamation which led to the end of slavery in the United States. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. Abraham was a very avid reader during his childhood. Many people viewed Abraham as “lazy” since he did not like the hard labor work that had to do with the frontier life. Many people though that Abraham did these things to get out of doing the…

On February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. Both of his parents were farmers. During his childhood, the Lincoln family moved several times, first to Indiana and later to Illinois. Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, died when Lincoln was still a boy. When Abraham was about nine, his mother died. It was a terrible loss for him and his sister. Thomas Lincoln couldn’t raise the children by himself. Their home was miles from most other people. So he…

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln grew up poor, but still grew up dreaming that he could change the world and he freed slaves all over the USA and he is proud of that. Early life Abraham's first time seeing the world was in hardin county,kentucky on February 12 1809. As a kid, it was hard for Lincoln because he was moving 24/7, Moved to many different places like Macon county,indiana,and illinois. It was also hard because his parents were illiterate. One of the things lincoln loved to is to…