Lincoln

By savmey

  • Lincoln does not get chosen by the Illinois legislature to be US Senator

    (this is not the exact date)

  • At the first republican convention, Lincoln gets 110 votes for vice presidential nomination, thereby gaining national attention.

  • In Springfield, Lincoln speaks against the Dred Scott Decision

  • Lincoln is nominated to be the republican senator from Illinois. He gives his 'house divided' speech.

  • Lincoln delivers an impassioned speech on slavery in New Haven.

  • Lincoln is nominated to be the Republican candidate for the United States.

  • Lincoln is elected as 16th president of the United States.

  • First Inaugural Address

  • Civil War begins

  • Lincoln signs a law freeing slaves being used by the confederates in the war.

  • Lincoln's son, Willie, dies at age eleven.

  • Lincoln signs an act abolishing slavery in DC

  • Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves

  • Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation

  • Lincoln signs a bill creating a National Bank

  • Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address

  • Lincoln is nominated for a second term as President

  • Lincoln gives second Inaugural Address

  • Civil War concludes

  • Lincoln makes his last public speech which focuses on the problems of reconstruction

  • Lincoln and his wife see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford Theatre. About 10:13 pm, John Wilkes Booth shoots the President in the head

  • Lincoln dies at 7:22 am

  • Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco farm in Virginia

  • Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetary

  • The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution is finally ratified, slavery is abolished

  • President Johnson presents plans for reconstruction. Civil Rights Act passed. 14th Amendment is passed.

    (no exact day)

  • 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reconstruction Acts are passed

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  • 4th reconstruction Act passed

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  • Ulysses S Grant becomes President

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  • Hirum Revels elected to US senate (black). 15th Amendment is ratified.

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  • Freedmen's Bureau established

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  • Civil Rights Act enacted by congress

  • End of reconstruction

    (no exact dates)