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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809- April 15, 1865) was the ________16th_______________________________ President of the United States of America. He served as President from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865 (he was re-elected in 1864). Lincoln's _____Vice-President__________________________________ was Andrew Johnson (1808-1875).
Abraham Lincoln was born in a _____________Kentucky_______________________ cabin in _______________log________________________. He had very little formal schooling. He eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician. Lincoln earned the nickname "Honest _____________________Abe__________________." He married Mary ______________Todd_________________________ in 1842.
During Lincoln's presidency, the _______Southern________________________________ states seceded from (left) the Union because Lincoln and the Northern states were against ______________slavery_________________________. Six weeks after becoming President, the ____________Civil___________________________ War began. In this war, the ______Northern_________________________________ states (which stayed in the Union) fought the Southern states (called the _______confederacy________________________________). The Civil War lasted from 1861 until ________1865_______________________________.
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which eventually led to the _______________freeing________________________ of all slaves in the USA. During the Civil War, Lincoln gave many speeches, including the Gettysburg _________________Address______________________ (Nov. 1863), a short speech in which he stated how a country must be dedicated to human freedom in order to survive. Lincoln was ___________re-elected____________________________ President in 1864.
General Robert E. Lee (from the Confederacy) surrendered to General Ulysses S. ____________Grant___________________________ (from the Union) on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.

Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth (an actor). Lincoln had been attending a ____________play______________________ at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died the next morning. He was the first US president ever _______assassinated________________________________. Andrew ___________Johnson____________________________ (Lincoln's Vice-President) became the next US ___________________President____________________.

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Abraham Lincoln:
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Put 10 Abraham Lincoln-related words in alphabetical order. The words are: Abe, cabin, Civil War, honest, Illinois, Kentucky, log, Mary, president, slavery. Go to the answers.

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