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General Assembly
Abraham Lincoln was just elected to serve the Illinois Gerneral Assembly and the Whig Party, while doing this he speaks his thoughts about slavey and Abolitionism. -
1837
Abraham moved to Springfield, Illinois to began to pratice law. -
Illinois voters
Abraham was voted to go to the house of representives where he introduced a plan to abloish slavery in the District of Columbia. -
U.S State of Representatives
The Illnois General Assembly sends Lincoln to the State of Representives. -
Famous Line
Abraham delivers his famous line "a house divided against itself cannon stand." -
Election
Abraham is running for the elections and he was gotten 39.8% of the votes, which was consider to be low, but he still won the elections from the other three representives. -
South Carolina
During Lincoln's short time in office South Carolina decided to secede from the Union because they thought Lincoln's viewpoint on slavery will hinder they way they are living now. They also wanted the Federal government to get rid of the military stationed at Charleston Habor. -
First Inaugural Address
After winning the election, President Abraham Lincoln spoke in front of the people about the issues of slavery and what will be changed during the time he is in the office. -
Start of Civil War
The war begins at Fort Sumter -
Government Power
During this year it was consider the most pivotal with military conflict and also social and political change. The federal government became more powerful while the state government got less power. -
Four years since
It have been four years since the Civil war, Lincoln have discovered new military strategies and became the firs president to hold a patent. He uses telegraphs to communicate with soldiers on the battlefield, giving out directions there. -
Abraham Lincoln's Death
Abraham Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth in the theater that he attended with his wife. -
Second Inaugural Address
Lincoln have been voted again for a second term, in his speech he talks about the suffering people have went through in the past four years and now that the war have been won there will be changes applied to the people and the government.