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Birthday
"LIncoln was born on Ferbruary 12, 1809 and grew up on the frontier farms of Kentucky and Indiana" ("Abraham Lincoln'').
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New life
"In 1830, lincoln decided to live on his own and had a job as a store clerk in New Salem" ("Abraham Lincoln"). http://www.yeoldewoburn.net/index1.htm -
Lincoln studied law
"Lincoln won the first of his four two-year terms to the Illinois state assembly...Lincoln began to study law" (Abraham Lincoln).http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/28/linda-salvucci-history-is-being-crowded-out-of-the-daily-school-schedules-in-many-states-across-the-nation-only-1 -
Admitted to the bar
"After moving to the new state capital in Springfield, he was admitted to the bar in 1836" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.isba.org/ibj/lincolnwritingaward -
Marriage
"In 1841 Abraham LIncoln married Marry Todd" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.grubin.com/filmography/biography/lincoln/ -
U.S House of Representatives
''Two years after his marriage, Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In his single term in the house, he opposed the Mexican-American war and the extension of slavery into the terretories and supported the right of voters in the District of Columbia to be able to abolish slavery '' ("Abraham Lincoln"). http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s3.html -
Campaigned across New England
"Lincoln vigorously campaigned acroos New England for Zachary Taylor. He got disappointed when he did not obtainexpected appoinment as commissioner of the general land office that he withdrew from politics and concentrated on his law practice for five years" ("Abraham LIncoln").http://fineartamerica.com/featured/abraham-lincoln-plans-his-campaign-during-the-american-civil-war-peter-jackson.html -
Campaigned throught Illinois.
"In 1856, he campaigned throught Illinois, delivering speeches in favor of antislavery Republican presidential candidate John C. Fremont" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://civilwarplay.com/playwrights-blog/a-civil-war-play-abraham-lincoln-in-illinois/ -
Ran for the Senate
''In 1858, the Illinois Republican Party nominated him to run for the Senate against Democrat Stephen A, Douglas" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/ -
Military tactics
"At first Lincoln had left the conduct of the war up to his generals, but following the dismal performance of the union army, he bagan to study military tactics " ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.lmunet.edu/museum/exhibit/index2.html -
Death
"LIncoln was shot by the actor and Confeser sympathizer John Wilkes Booth as he watched a play. Lincoln's death became a symbol of the human toll the Civil War cost the nation" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=62958 -
Symbol: Bell
"The bell represents abraham lincoln because it means joy and freedom" ("Bell").http://www.nmha.org/go/bell -
Animal: Cougar
"The cougar represents leadership, courage, power, swiftness, and balance, and that describes Abraham Lincoln" ("Animal Symbols").http://animaldiscoveryonline.com/cougar-16.html
