The story of Lincoln

Nickname: "honest Abe"; "Illinois Railway Split"

Born:1February, 809 12, Harding Town, Kentucky (now Laru).

Time of death:1April, 86515th, Washington.

Father: thomas Lincoln.

Mother: Nancy Hank Lincoln

Stepmother: Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln

Wife: Mary Todd (18 18- 1882), got married on1842165438+1October 4th.

Child: robert todd lincoln (1843-1926);

Edward baker Lincoln (1846-50);

William Wallace Lincoln (1850-62);

Thomas "Ted" Lincoln (1853-7 1)

Religion: not formally joining any religion.

Education: There is no formal education.

Occupation: lawyer

Political parties: * * and the Party.

Other government posts: elected to the Illinois legislature, 1834.

Member of the United States House of Representatives, 1847-49

Annual salary of president: 25,000 USD/year

One day in June, in the slave auction market in the southern American city of New Orleans, rows of black slaves wore them.

They stood there in fetters, all strung together by thick ropes. One by one, the slave owners.

Let's go Look at them carefully like buying mules and horses, and sometimes go up and touch their arms and pat their thighs.

Are they strong and muscular, and have the strength to work in the future? Slave owners whipped slaves and burned them.

Red iron bars branded them. At this time, several sailors from the north came along. They were all stunned by the tragic sight before them.

A young man said angrily, "What a shame! When I have the chance one day, I must completely crush this slavery. "

The speaker's name was abraham lincoln, and later he became the president of the United States, which really realized this great ambition.

1809 February, Lincoln was born in a peasant family. When I was a child, my family was poor and I didn't have the opportunity to go to school.

Learn, every day with my father in the western wasteland reclamation labor. He himself said, "The time I spent in school in my life adds up."

* * * less than a year in total. But Lincoln was very studious and asked others every chance he got. He has no money to buy paper and pens. He is on the beach.

And practice writing. He always holds a book in his arms when herding cattle, chopping wood and digging the ground. During the break,

I read with relish while eating hard and cold corn cakes. In the evening, he often reads under a small oil lamp until late at night.

When he grew up, Lincoln left his hometown and went out to make a living alone. He has done everything, worked as a short-term worker, a sailor and a shop.

Members, rural postmen and land surveyors have also worked hard in logging and chopping wood. No matter what he does, he approves of it.

Really responsible for others, sincere. When he was a shop assistant in the village, once, a customer paid a few extra cents, and he wanted to return them.

The money has been chased for more than ten miles. On another occasion, he found that he had given the customer two or two teas less, and ran several miles to deliver the tea to that family.

Medium. Therefore, wherever he goes, he is loved by people around him.

No matter what Lincoln did, he never forgot to study. He seized all his spare time to study hard, studying history, literature,

Philosophy, law and other works have gained rich knowledge. During this period, he was very interested in politics and took an active part in politics.

Governance activities. 1834, at the age of 25, Lincoln was elected as a senator from Illinois and began his political career. 183

Six years later, he passed the exam and became a lawyer. Lincoln hated slavery when he was young because when he was a sailor, he was transported many times.

When the goods arrived in the south, they witnessed the cruelty of slave owners and the cruel torture of slaves. After he became a member of parliament, he often made money.

Speaking in the performance and attacking slavery are very influential among the masses. 1854, the United States * * * and the party was founded because it advocated

Lincoln participated in the abolition of slavery, and two years later, he was nominated as a vice presidential candidate at the first national congress. he

In his campaign speech, he said, "We fought for freedom and the abolition of slavery until our constitution promised to discuss ourselves."

From then on, until the whole vast country, only free workers worked in the sun and rain. "

1858, when Lincoln was running for the Senate in Illinois, he published an article entitled "Broken House".

In his speech, he compared the coexistence of the North-South system to "a cracked house". He said, "A building is cracked.

Our house is untenable, and I believe this government cannot remain semi-slave and semi-free forever. "Lincoln's speech

Lively and simple, it expresses the demands of the northern bourgeoisie and reflects the wishes of the people of the whole country, so for him.

Won a great reputation.

1860, Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

Lincoln's election posed a serious threat to the interests of southern planters. They certainly don't want to advocate the abolition of slavery.

The system of people being president. In order to regain their long-held national leadership, they launched a rebellion before Lincoln took office.

Chaos. 1860 12, South Carolina was the first to declare its independence from the Federation, followed by Mississippi and Florida.

Slave-holding States such as Florida also seceded from the Union. 186 1 February, they announced the establishment of the American confederation.

Jefferson Davis, a big planter, was elected president and formulated a "Constitution", declaring that black slavery was the foundation of the Confederacy.

National Foundation: "Blacks can't be equal to whites, and black slave labor is a natural and normal state."

1861April 12, the confederacy declared war and quickly captured sumter where the federal government troops were stationed.

Plug. Lincoln had to declare his opposition to southern operations. Lincoln himself did not advocate the abolition of slavery in a radical way. He thought it was possible.

In a peaceful way, the key is to maintain the unity of the Federation by first limiting slavery and then gradually abolishing it. In this kind of thinking,

Under the control of China, the northern government did not prepare for the war at all, but rushed to fight, while the south had planned for a long time and had the advantage.

Good equipment and well-trained troops, so although the North has advantages in many aspects, it is still defeated by the South.

Even the capital, Washington, was almost breached by rebels.

The defeat of the north on the battlefield aroused strong dissatisfaction among the broad masses of the people, and demonstrations broke out in many cities, demanding that the government

Take measures to reverse the situation. At this time, Lincoln realized that in order to win this war, we must mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers and waste them.

Except serfdom and emancipation.

1862 In May, Lincoln signed the Treasure Land Law, stipulating that every American citizen only needs to pay the registration fee of 10.

You can get the west 160 mu of land, and after five years of continuous farming, you will become the legal owner of this land. This measure is from

Fundamentally eliminated the possibility of southern slave owners occupying land in the west, and at the same time met the urgent requirements of the broad masses of farmers, greatly

Inspired the enthusiasm of farmers to fight bravely. 1in September, 862, Lincoln personally drafted The Emancipation Proclamation.

Keith. 1 863 65438+1October1officially promulgated the The Emancipation Proclamation, announcing the abolition of slaves in rebel states from now on.

System, freed slaves can be called up to join the federal army. The declaration of slave freedom fundamentally disintegrated the rebel fighting.

Force, also make the union army won a strong source. During the civil war, the number of blacks who directly participated in the war reached 6.5438+0.86 million, waging war against Africa.

Often brave, one in three blacks gave his life for the cause of liberation.

The promulgation of these two decrees is a turning point in the civil war, and the battlefield situation is more and more favorable to the north.

1 863 July13, the two sides launched the largest civil war in Gettysburg, north of Washington.

A battle. The two sides fought fiercely for three days and nights, and the northern army hit the southern army hard, causing the southern army to lose 36 thousand people. From then on, the northern army began.

Entering the counterattack, the Confederate army had to defend.

On July 4th this year, the Union Army won another victory in Vicksburg. Vicksburg, located on the Mississippi River, is a tall building.

A cliff 200 feet above the water, where the rebels guarding the cliff are condescending, can directly threaten the ships coming and going on the river with artillery fire.

Only. It is very difficult to attack this fortress from below. As early as the end of 1862, grant led the army to war with the assistance of the navy.

Attacked the fortress several times, but failed. 1863 In April, Grant implemented a new attack plan, which was destroyed first.

All the strongholds around the fortress, and then surround Vicksburg. The navy also came to help, attacking from land and water at the same time, which was very fierce.

Shelling the fortress, the deafening sound of guns has been ringing for 47 days. On July 4, the rebels trapped in the fortress ran out of ammunition and were killed.

Forced to surrender, the northern army captured 29,000 rebels this time.

Then, the northern army quickly pursued the rebels with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and captured the rebels on April 3 1863.

Richmond, the capital. On April 9th, Robert Lee, commander-in-chief of the rebels, led more than 28,000 people to Abo Mattox village in Ge Xiang.

Rand surrendered. The four-year civil war ended in victory in the north.

The civil war is called the second American revolution after the War of Independence. Lincoln became a symbol of black liberation. But slaves

God hates him very much. 1865 On the evening of April 14, Lincoln was taken away by the south when he was watching a play at the Ford Theatre in Washington.

A thug bought by a Fang slave owner was assassinated. Lincoln's unfortunate death caused great shock at home and abroad, and the American people were deeply saddened.

In memory of him, more than 7 million people stopped on both sides of the road to pay tribute to the funeral procession, and 6.5438+0.5 million people paid tribute to Lincoln's legacy.

Rong. Lincoln was an outstanding politician who made great contributions to the development of American society and was praised by the American people.

Worship, in the eyes of Americans, his prestige even exceeds that of Washington.