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Inauguartion
Abraham Lincoln became president. Picture: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/south_secede/lincoln_inauguration_sm.jpg -
The Civil War
Lincoln sent 75,000 volunteers troops to Fort Sumter to help in war. Picture: http://rlv.zcache.com/abraham_lincoln_civil_war_150_art_poster-r4d5dc7a74988489ab9cfb617b438a8d1_wv4_400.jpg -
The Department of Argriculture Act
The Department of Argiculture Act created the USDA. Picture: http://www.commodityfoods.usda.gov/images/USDAFoodsLogo.jpg -
The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act encouraged a lot of people to migrat to further western lands. Picture: http://www.surveyhistory.org/images/homestead-stamp.JPG -
The Morrill Act
The Morrill Act created higher education in each state. Picture: http://www.unce.unr.edu/about/morrill150/images/Morrill150Logo.jpg -
Pacific Railway Act
The Pacific Railway Act made transportation of goods, supplies, or weapons etc. easier to transport by creating trains. Picture: http://images.nitrosell.com/product_images/1/162/348095%20pin_pacific_railway.jpg -
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves within the Confederacy, and it changed why they were in war. Picture: http://harlemworldblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/the-first-step-to-freedom-abraham-lincolns-preliminary-emancipation-proclamation.jpg?w=500&h=345 -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Abraham Lincoln helped persuade the House of Representatives to approve that slaves should be freed. Picture: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/cons/features/0206_01/slide3.gif -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln was assasinated on April 15, 1865 at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Picture: http://www.topicsites.com/abraham-lincoln/Abraham-Lincoln-Shooting.jpg