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Date of birth
Abraham lincoln was born February 12,1809 in Hodgenville Kentucky -
Where he lived
He was born in Kentucky but he moved to indiana -
First job
Him and his family moved to Macon county in southern Illinois where he got his first job working on a river flatboat to move freight down the mississippi river to new orleans -
How he got into poltics
When he finally settled in a town of New Salem he was a postmaster and shopkeeper and then he started getting into the town politics as a supporter of the whig party and he won getting into the legislature -
His thoughts on slavery
He was opposed of slavery like his Henry Clay and Daniel Webster (His heros that were also in the Whig) Abraham Lincoln had a grand vision of expanding the united states, with the focus of commerce and cities rather than agriculture and he also taught himself law passing the bar exam -
Moving along in politics
He won the House of Representatives and began to serve his term -
House of Representatives
Lincoln was not popular with Illinois voters for his strong stance against the U.S. war with mexico -
Kansas Nebraska act
He went to peoria and gave a speech in front of a large crowd to debate the merits of the Kansas and Nebraska act with Douglas -
Opposing Slavery
He joined the new republican party that opposed slavery and they were trying to stop it -
Civil war
He won president and went and had to fought the civil war which the union won and then 2 day later he got shot by Wilkes Booth