| Vorderseite | Abraham Lincoln |
|---|---|
| Rückseite | 1809-1865 Father: farmer/baptists few education, a lot of work... read a lot -> e.g. bible 21: boatman, store clerk studied law (self-taught) 27: leader of the Republicans -> good speaker, strong character rejected slavery 1961/50: 16th President of the United States famous speech (Gettysburg Adress) -> pleaded for equal rights... -> won the Civil War abolished slavery (Emancipation Proclamation), prevented disunion of the USA, didn't achieve equality of races 15. April 1865 (54) was assasinated in a theatre by John Wilkes Booth |
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