Abraham Lincoln´s biography

Abraham Lincoln(February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865), The 16th president of the United States, Successfully led the country through it's greatest internal crisis, The American civil war, preserving the union and ending slavery. Assassinated as the war was drawing to a close, Lincoln had been the first republican elected to the presidency. Before his presidency, he was a lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States house of representatives, twice succesfull candidate of the election to the senate.

As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the republican party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. His tenure in office was occupied primarily with the defeat of the secessionist confederate states of America in the American civil war. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his emancipation proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the thiteenth amendment to the constitution, which passed congress before Lincoln's death and was ratified by the states later in 1865.

Assassination: originally, JOHN WILKES BOOTH, a well-known actor and a confederate spy from maryland, had formulated a plan to kidnap Lincoln in exchange for the realese of confederate prisioners.

After attending at April 11, 1865 speech in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for blacks an incensed booth changed his plans and determined to assasinate the presindent. He was assassinated in the Ford theather when he was seeing: Our American Cousin.

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Questions:

1. What were Lincoln´s four children names?

2. When was Lincoln born and death?

3. Where is Lincoln´s tumb?

4. What were Lincoln´s parents name?

5. Where and when was lincoln shooted?

6. What was the cause of Lincoln´s mother death?

7. When did Lincoln married Mary todd?

8. What was the name of the play that Lincoln was watching when he was shoted?

9. Why Jhon Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln?

10.What were the names of his older sister and younger brother that died?

Answers:

1. The name of lincoln's Child were Robert Todd, William Walace, Thomas Lincoln and Edward Baker.

2. Lincoln was born on February 12 of 1809 and dyed on April 15 1865.

3. Lincolns tumb is on the cementary "Oak Ridge cementery."

4. Lincoln's parents name were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hawks.

5. Lincoln was shooted on The Ford Theater, and the day when he was shooted was April 14 1865.

6. Lincoln's mother dyed of milk poisoning.

7. Lincoln marry Mary Todd the day November 4 of 1842.

8. The name of the presentation was "Our American Cousin"

9. Jhon Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln because he didnt share the ideas of Lincoln, that were to stop the war and free slaves.

10. The name of the brother was Thomas and the name of her sister was Sarah.