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birth date
Born in Kentucky -
the family moved to Indiana
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Mother's death
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Sister's death
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Family moved west to Illinois
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running for the Illinois General Assembly
and loses the election -
second state legislature campaign running as a Whig
which was succesful -
he voted to expand suffrage beyond white landowners to all white males
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marriage with Marry Todd
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Elected to the US House of Representatives, served a two year term
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in his "Peoria Speech", Lincoln declared his opposition to slavery
claiming he cannot but hate it -
Lincoln joined the Republicans
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Lincoln delivers a powerful speech in New York which puts him in the running to be the Republican candidate for President
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Lincoln is elected as the 16th president
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Seven southern states, South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana, secede from the Union
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Confederate troops fire on Fort Sumter, beginning the Civil War
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Lincoln sends 75,000 troops to battle to "preserve the Union"
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Lincoln declares the Emancipation Proclamation, and Congress creates the 13th amendment, which outlaws slavery and frees all slaves
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Lincoln gives his famous "Gettysburg Address", which impressed the belief that all people are created equal
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Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address
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John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at a play in Ford Theater
