ABRAHAM LINCOLN     Born 1809 died 1865   Sixteenth president 1861-1865   Republican from Illinois   Parents were poor farm folk   Abe was largely self-educated   Practiced law for many years while perfecting speaking skills   believed in compromise   Ran the country during Civil War   Built strong Republican Party   Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed all slaves   Re-elected in 1864   Wanted leniency for South at war’s end   Assassinated 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.

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