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At six feet four inches tall, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest President.

Abraham Lincolns wife, Mary Todd, was from Kentucky.

People did not think Lincoln was a handsome man. When a little girl named Grace Bedell wrote him a letter saying he should grow a beard, he did!

by Barbara L. Luciano

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ISBN 0-328-14389-8

Abraham Lincoln helped make important changes to our country. He was the sixteenth President of the United States. In this book you will learn about some of the things he did.

Vocabularyshelterindependenceenslavedtradition

PhotographsEvery effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education.

Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd).

Opener: The Granger Collection, NY; 2 The Granger Collection, NY; 3 The Granger Collection, NY; 4 Bettmann/Corbis; 5 Hulton Archive/Getty Images; 6 Bettman/Corbis; 7 Bettmann/Corbis; 8 The Granger Collection, NY; 9 Sallie Alane Reason/DK Images; 10 The Granger Collection, NY; 11 Bridgeman Art Library; 12 North Wind Picture Archives; 14 North Wind Picture Archives; 15 The Granger Collection, NY.

Write to It!Would you like to be the

President some day? Why or why not? Write about what you would do if you were President. Tell about what you would change.

Write your paragraph on another sheet of paper.

ISBN: 0-328-14389-8

Copyright Pearson Education, Inc.

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

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Our 16th President

by Barbara L. Luciano

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Raham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He was born in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln was named after his grandfather.

Lincoln grew up to become the sixteenth President of the United States of America. He made our country a better place to live.

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Lincoln lived in a log cabin when he was young.

When Abraham Lincoln was young, his family moved from Kentucky to Indiana. Very few people lived there then, except for American Indians and a few pioneers.

Lincoln and his family did not have much money. They had to work hard for their food and shelter. Lincoln never went to college, but he loved to read.

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In November of 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd. They lived in Springfield, Illinois.

Abraham and Mary Lincoln had four sons. Their sons names were Robert Todd, Edward, William, and Thomas.

Lincoln split logs into long pieces called rails.

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Political poster from the 1860 election

Lincoln worked hard and had many different jobs. He split logs to earn money. He worked as a boat captain. He also worked in a store. Later he became a lawyer.

One very important job that Lincoln had was Congressman. This meant he spoke for the people of Illinois. People were happy with his work. They asked Lincoln to run for President.

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Abraham Lincoln was used to speaking to large crowds.

In 1860 people rode trains or traveled by horse and carriage. Anyone who wanted to be elected had to travel this way to meet people. There were no televisions or computers back then to help share ideas!

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Many people in the South did not want Lincoln elected.

When Lincoln ran for President, some people were afraid of the changes Lincoln would make. Lincoln won the election.

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Lincoln became President on March 4, 1861.

Lincoln became President on March 4, 1861. In 1864 he was elected again. Lincoln won this election with many more votes than the first election.

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The states that wanted to be independent are shown in purple. The orange states allowed slavery but wanted to remain part of the United States. The green states are where slavery had been outlawed.

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When Lincoln was elected President, there were many problems to be fixed. One big problem was that not all states agreed about how the country should be run.

Eleven states from the South wanted their independence from the other states. They decided to make their own government. They elected their own President.

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One of the things that the states could not agree on was slavery. Abraham Lincoln thought it was wrong for people to be enslaved. Many people agreed with him. Other people felt that they needed enslaved people to help do work.

These people escaped slavery and came to the North.

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The northern and the southern states fought a war while Lincoln was President. This war was called the Civil War. It began on April 12, 1861.

On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed a paper that said enslaved people in the South were free.

This document gave enslaved people their freedom.

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Ulysses S. Grant led the northern army. Robert E. Lee led the southern army. Each side believed their ideas were right. They fought hard for these ideas.

The war finally ended on April 9, 1865. The North had won.

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Lincolns most famous speech was given at Gettysburg. This was the place where one of the wars worst battles was fought.

The Civil War was fought for many reasons. People had different ideas about how things should be. Lincoln worked hard to bring the states back together. He wanted the war to end. He wanted Americans to stop fighting one another. He wanted the states to be united once again.

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John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln as the President watched a play.

One night in 1865 Abraham Lincoln was in Washington, D.C., at Fords Theater. He was watching a play. A man named John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln. Lincoln died a short time later.

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Thousands of people went to President Lincolns funeral.

There is a special place in Washington, D.C., called the Lincoln Memorial. Many people go there to remember all the good work that Lincoln did. His ideas changed our country in many ways.

It has become a tradition to remember Lincoln and other Presidents on Presidents Day. It is a chance for us to think about the important part they played in our countrys history.

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Glossaryenslaved made to live as slaves, or

owned as property

independence to be free from other people or places

shelter a place where people live

tradition something that is done a certain way for many years

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Abraham Lincoln helped make important changes to our country. He was the sixteenth President of the United States. In this book you will learn about some of the things he did.

Vocabularyshelterindependenceenslavedtradition

PhotographsEvery effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education.

Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd).

Opener: The Granger Collection, NY; 2 The Granger Collection, NY; 3 The Granger Collection, NY; 4 Bettmann/Corbis; 5 Hulton Archive/Getty Images; 6 Bettman/Corbis; 7 Bettmann/Corbis; 8 The Granger Collection, NY; 9 Sallie Alane Reason/DK Images; 10 The Granger Collection, NY; 11 Bridgeman Art Library; 12 North Wind Picture Archives; 14 North Wind Picture Archives; 15 The Granger Collection, NY.

Write to It!Would you like to be the

President some day? Why or why not? Write about what you would do if you were President. Tell about what you would change.

Write your paragraph on another sheet of paper.

ISBN: 0-328-14389-8

Copyright Pearson Education, Inc.

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

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