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Abe Lincolns Presidency
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Abe Lincolns presidency
Abe lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States.Beating democrate Stephen A.DouglasJohn C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party. He was the first president from the Republican Party. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation was writen in July of 1862,was the referbished in September of the same year and the final copy signed on this date.It was a document that allowed slaves to -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech deliverd by Abe Lincoln at the dedication of Soldier's National Cemetery, a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteen amendment was added to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865 -
The Freedmen's Bureau
Was established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War (1861-65). -
Lincoln"s assassination
Abe Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth, when he was enjoying the play "Our American Cousin" with his wife Mary Tod Lincoln.He then died early the next morning.
