Abraham Lincoln Inquiry Questions

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Questions:
1. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
Abraham Lincoln was born in February 12 th, 1809 on Sinking Springs farm in
Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.
2. Name all the jobs he had as an adult.
Abraham Lincoln in his adulthood was Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, U.S
Representative and President of the United States.
3. Did Abraham Lincoln go to school?
No, Abraham Lincoln didnt go to school, all his knowledge was from his parents
and the life challenges he affront.
4. What did Abraham Lincoln like to do the most?
Lincoln liked animals a lot. Once he was at a park with his friends after a bad
windstorm, and he found two baby birds. Lincoln looked all around the park to
find their nest and he found it. His friends laughed at him when he came back,
but he just said "I could not have slept tonight if I had not given those two little
birds to their mother". When his friends hurt animals as a joke,
he immediately stopped them. When he grew up, he once found a stray dog. His
kids loved it and they kept it - until the owner wanted it back. Lincoln and the
owner decided that the owner would give Lincoln a puppy if he gave the dog
back. Before the trade was made, the dog ran away and they never made the
trade. Later on, they got another dog (they owned this one) named Fido. This
dog was stabbed to death by a drunken man when the Lincolns were on
vacation. Lincoln loved kittens, and so did his son. When the family was eating
dinner once, he fed a kitten. His wife (who didn't like animals) got mad at him, but

he continued to feed the cat. He bought two goats for his children, and they were
allowed to roam free in the white house. The cleaners got mad at Lincoln
because they made a mess, but he defended the goats. One time, he found
peacocks with a very old and broken perch. He fixed it up so that they could be
comfy. There was once a fire at the White House stable. Lincoln almost jumped
in the fire, just to save the horses. He opened the doors, but some friends caught
him and stopped him just in time. Lincoln was a very athletic man, which helped
him with politics (because he was very competitive). He once wrestled a very
good wrestler. He did very well in that match, but he lost. Another story says that
he won the match. His friends said that he could jump really well (far). When he
was an adult, he played a game called "fives". You play that game with a brick
wall, a ball and two teams. You divide the wall into two halves (one half for each
team). One team starts with the ball and they throw it at the wall. The other team
has to hit it back against the wall and this keeps going on and on until one team
misses the ball, and that team loses. When Lincoln was playing this game, he got
hit in the ear with the ball. One of the people he was playing with thought that he
was going to die, but he survived. Abraham Lincoln loved music, though he
couldn't sing and he refused to even try. He was once on a walk and he heard
someone singing a song that sounded good coming through a window. He then
asked the person for a copy of the words to the song, even though he couldn't
sing. He loved operas and funny songs. Music made him happy. Some people he
knew once sang him a song that he liked. Ten years later he saw the same
people again, and he asked them to sing the song. He never forgot that song.
5. When was he elected president of the United States? How was he elected?
In 1854, Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the
Missouri Compromise, and allowed individual states and territories to decide for
themselves whether to allow slavery. The law provoked violent opposition in
Kansas and Illinois, and it gave rise to the Republican Party. This awakened
Abraham Lincoln's political zeal once again, and his views on slavery moved
more toward moral indignation. Lincoln joined the Republican Party in 1856. In
1857, the Supreme Court issued its controversial decision Scott v. Sanford,
declaring African Americans were not citizens and had no inherent rights. Though
Abraham Lincoln felt African Americans were not equal to whites, he believed the
America's founders intended that all men were created with certain inalienable
rights. Lincoln decided to challenge sitting U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas for his
seat. In his nomination acceptance speech, he criticized Douglas, the Supreme
Court, and President Buchanan for promoting slavery and declared "a house
divided cannot stand." The 1858 Senate campaign featured seven debates held
in different cities across Illinois. The two candidates didn't disappoint the public,
giving stirring debates on issues ranging from states' rights to western expansion,
but the central issue was slavery. Newspapers intensely covered the debates,
often times with partisan commentary. In the end, the state legislature elected
Douglas, but the exposure vaulted Lincoln into national politics. In 1860, political
operatives in Illinois organized a campaign to support Abraham Lincoln for the
presidency. On May 18, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago,

Lincoln surpassed better known candidates such as William Seward of New York
and Salmon P. Chase of Ohio. Lincoln's nomination was due in part to his
moderate views on slavery, his support for improving the national infrastructure,
and the protective tariff. In the general election, Lincoln faced his friend and rival,
Stephan Douglas, this time besting him in a four-way race that included John C.
Breckinridge of the Northern Democrats and John Bell of the Constitution Party.
Lincoln received not quite 40 percent of the popular vote, but carried 180 of 303
Electoral votes. Abraham Lincoln selected a strong cabinet composed of many of
his political rivals, including William Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates
and Edwin Stanton. Formed out the adage "Hold your friends close and your
enemies closer," Lincoln's Cabinet became one of his strongest assets in his first
term in office and he would need them. Before his inauguration in March, 1861,
seven Southern states had seceded from the Union and by April the U.S. military
installation Fort Sumter was under siege in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. In
the early morning hours of April 12, 1861, the guns stationed to protect the
harbor blazed toward the fort signaling the start of Americas costliest and
deadliest war.
6. Add some pictures of him in this document

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C

Original 13th Amendment, Lincoln proposal was the abolition of the slavery

7. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Why is it so important?

The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in
the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1,
1863. In addition, under this proclamation, freedom would only come to the
slaves if the Union won the war. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of
September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a
proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing,
among other things, the following, to wit: That on the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as
slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and
forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the
military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of
such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them,
in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. "That the Executive will, on
the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and
parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in
rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people
thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the
United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the
qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of
strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State,
and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States." Now,
therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the
power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United
States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of
the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said
rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do
publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first
above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein
the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United
States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of
St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension,
Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including
the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West
Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomack, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and
Portsmouth), and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if
this proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of the power, and for the
purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within
said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free;
and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military
and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said
persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain

from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them

that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I
further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be
received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,
stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And
upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the
Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of
mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Abraham Lincoln Speech for the Emancipation Proclamation.
8. Why do you think Abraham Lincoln is called one of our greatest
presidents?
Abraham Lincoln, for his steadfast leadership during the nation's darkest crisis,
the Civil War. While many admire President Lincoln for his glorious prose and
Hamletlike sensitivity, it was Lincoln's single minded dedication to preserving
the Union that underlies his greatness. Shortly thereafter, Confederate forces
fired on Fort Sumter. In the four years that followed, despite military setbacks, a
devastating body count, and fierce political opposition, Lincoln remained true to
his oath, and saved the nation. Contrary to his popular image, there was nothing
Hamlet like about Lincoln's approach to the Civil War. He understood that, first
and foremost, the Confederacy had to be defeated militarily, no matter the cost.
And the cost was enormous, including more than 600,000 dead (North and
South). Lesser men than Lincoln were prepared to quit the fight long before Lee
surrendered to Grant at Appomattox in April 1865. Such a course would have
doomed the United States (and the Confederacy) to a future of weakness and
mediocrity. Thankfully, Lincoln was prepared to do whatever was required raising
one of the largest armies the world had ever seen, engaging in the bloodiest
battles in American history, expanding the powers of the presidency to ensure the
success of the Union. Significantly, even in the midst of a terrible civil war,
Lincoln did not suspend the electoral process, and in 1864 he stood for reelection
against a popular antiwar candidate from the Democratic Party, whom Lincoln
soundly defeated. Lincoln was more than just a willed commander in chief,
however. He was a brilliant political thinker (for example, his First Inaugural
Address is a tour de force of constitutional theory), who recognized that the Civil
War fundamentally was about the future of freedom and democracy in America.
This was not just an issue of slavery, although Lincoln realized early on that the
abolition of slavery had to be one of the North's chief war aims, for which he
deserves enormous credit. Rather, as Lincoln expressed in the Gettysburg
Address, it was about the success of government 'of the people, by the people,
and for the people.' Lincoln rightly predicted that were the Confederacy to
succeed in dividing the country, the great republic bequeathed to Americans by
the Founding Fathers which Lincoln aptly called 'the last, best hope on It cost him
his life. But it earned for him the eternal gratitude of all Americans.
9. How did Abraham Lincoln die?

On April 15th,1865, President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United
States, dies from an assassins bullet. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Fords
Theater in Washington the night before, Lincoln lived for nine hours before
succumbing to the severe head wound he sustained. Lincolns death came just
after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lees army at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia. Lincoln had just served the most difficult presidency in
history, successfully leading the country through civil war. His job was exhausting
and overwhelming at times. He had to manage a tremendous military effort, deal
with diverse opinions in his own Republican party, counter his Democratic critics,
maintain morale on the northern home front, and keep foreign countries such as
France and Great Britain from recognizing the Confederacy. He did all of this,
and changed American history when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation,
converting the war goal from reunion of the nation to a crusade to end slavery.
Now, the great man was dead. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton said, Now, he
belongs to the ages. Word spread quickly across the nation, stunning a people
who were still celebrating the Union victory. Troops in the field wept, as did
General Ulysses S. Grant, the overall Union commander. Perhaps no group was
more grief stricken than the freed slaves. Although abolitionists considered
Lincoln slow in moving against slavery, many freedmen saw Father Abraham as
their savior. They faced an uncertain world, and now had lost their most powerful
proponent. Lincolns funeral was held on April 19, before a funeral train carried
his body back to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. During the two-week
journey, hundreds of thousands gathered along the railroad tracks to pay their
respects, and the casket was unloaded for public viewing at several stops.
10. What is the Lincoln Memorial? Why was it made?
The Lincoln Memorial suits its surroundings so well that it seems to have always
been there. The city's master designer, Pierre L' Enfant, could hardly have
imagined a better architectural anchor to the west end of the Mall, the grassy
area he visualized between the Capitol Building and the Potomac River. Behind
the memorial to the west lies Arlington National Cemetery and the stately LeeCustis Mansion; to the east you see the Washington Monument and Capitol Hill.
The massive sculpture of Lincoln faces east toward a long reflecting pool. The
peaceful atmosphere belies the years of disagreement over what kind of
monument to build and where. In 1910 two members of Congress joined forces
to create a memorial which honored Lincoln. Shelby M. Cullom and Joseph G.
Cannon, who had known Lincoln in Illinois, pushed through a Lincoln Memorial
bill which President Taft signed on February 11, 1911. The bill created the Lincoln
Memorial Commission to oversee the project and set aside $2 million in funds.
The final cost, however, was $3 million. Before the commission completed plans
to build in what was known as the Potomac Flats, it considered various locations
and memorial ideas which ranged from a highway to a huge pyramid. John Hay,
one of Lincoln's White House secretaries, promoted the Potomac location, saying
that the monument should stand alone, distinguished, and serene. On Memorial
Day, May 30, 1922, the building was dedicated, 57 years after Lincoln died.
About 50,000 people attended the ceremonies, including hundreds of Civil War

veterans and Robert Todd Lincoln, the president's only surviving son. The main
speakers were President Warren Harding, former President William Howard Taft,
and Dr. Robert Moton, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, who delivered the
keynote address. New York architect Henry Bacon modeled the memorial in the
style of a Greek temple. The classic design features 36 Doric columns outside,
symbolizing the states in the Union at Lincoln's death. The building measures
204 feet long, 134 feet wide, and 99 feet tall, with 44-foot columns. It blends
stone from various states: white Colorado marble for the exterior, Indiana
limestone for the interior walls, pink Tennessee marble for the floor, and Alabama
marble for the ceiling. Directly behind the Lincoln statue you can read the words
of Royal Cortissoz carved into the wall: "IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS
OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER."
11. What is Lincoln's Gettysburg address? What was the Battle of Gettysburg
about?
The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the
November 19, 1863, dedication of Soldiers National Cemetery, a cemetery for
Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
Invited to give a "few appropriate remarks," Lincoln was not the featured speaker
at the dedication; Edward Everett, a famous orator and former politician and
educator, was. Everett spoke for two hours, from memory, before Lincoln took the
podium. In about 260 words, beginning with the famous phrase, "Four score and
seven years ago," Lincoln honored the Union dead and reminded the listeners of
the purpose of the soldiers sacrifice: equality, freedom, and national unity. The
following day, Everett wrote to Lincoln: "I should be glad, if I could flatter myself
that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in
two minutes." Lincolns speech did not garner much attention during his lifetime;
in many ways, it was forgotten and lost to popular memory until the U.S.
centennial in 1876, when its significance was reconsidered in light of the wars
outcome and in the larger context of the young countrys history. The Gettysburg
Address is now recognized as one of Lincolns greatest speeches and as one of
the most famous speeches in U.S. history.
12. Make a brief summary about his life and achievements.
Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky on Feb 12, 1809. Raised by poor
parents, he received less than a year of formal education by the time he reached
the age of 21. His primary means of education was schooling at home, using
borrowed books and the Bible. At the age of 22, he moved to the Illinois village of
New Salem in 1831, and continued his self-education by borrowing books and
teaching himself subjects such as grammar, history, mathematics, and law. He
worked as a store clerk in two different general stores. He taught himself
surveying, and worked part time at this vocation. He was also appointed
postmaster, and served in the militia for 3 months during the Black Hawk war.
Less than a year after moving to New Salem, he ran for the state legislature.
Although defeated in this initial effort he decided to run again the next term. His

second effort proved successful, and he was elected one of Sangamon County's
Whig representatives to the Illinois State Legislature in 1834. Vocally anti-slavery,
he served four consecutive terms as state legislator, and before he had left that
office was admitted to the Illinois bar. He soon became one of the most
respected lawyers in the region, known for his honesty and influential manner
with juries. In 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd, a well-educated woman of a
notable Kentucky family. They eventually had four sons, only one of which
(Robert Todd Lincoln) survived to manhood. From 1847 to 1849 Lincoln served a
single term in Congress, and then went into semi-retirement from politics in order
to concentrate more on his law practice. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854,
which allowed for the propagation of slavery into the new territories, became a
catalyst to Lincoln's decision to seek political office again. He joined the new
Republican Party in 1856 and ran for the US Senate in 1858, providing energetic
moral argument against slavery in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates with Stephen A.
Douglas. Even though Lincoln lost the Senate race to Douglas, he was elected
President in 1860. As a result of his nomination, eleven southern states declared
their independence from the Union. When the South fired on Fort Sumter in
Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to help
put down the rebellion. After over a year of indecisive fighting, he issued the
Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves of the rebelling southern states.
The Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. Subsequent
Union victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga soon had the
Southern armies permanently on the defensive. It was during a dedication
ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863 that he presented
the Gettysburg Address, now recognized as one of the world's greatest
speeches. Lincoln was re-elected president in November of 1864. Lincoln
pushed the The Thirteenth Amendment" freeing all slaves everywhere, through
congress in late 1864/early 1865. After a great deal of political maneuvering on
the part of Lincoln, the House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth
Amendment on January 31, 1865. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, delivered
less than 6 weeks before his assassination, eloquently summed up his beliefs.
These were that the underlying cause of the war had been slavery, the war was
God's punishment on the nation for its failure to remove slavery from the land,
and it was every American's duty to not only eliminate slavery, but to re-unite the
nation, forgive his or her fellow man, and build a lasting peace among all nations.
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 and died the following
day.
13. Name some interesting curious facts about Lincoln.
1. He was the only president to have a patent: Lincoln invented a device to free
steamboats that ran aground.
2. He practiced law without a degree. Lincoln had about 18 months of formal
schooling.
3. He wanted women to have the vote in 1836. The future president was a
suffragette before it became fashionable.
4. He was a big animal lover, but he wouldnt hunt or fish. If he were alive today,

Lincoln would be running an animal shelter.

5. He really was a wrestler. Lincoln was documented as taking part in wrestling
bouts. We dont think he wore a mask or had a manager.
6. He lost in his first bid for a presidential ticket. The unknown Lincoln was an
unsuccessful vice presidential candidate in 1856 at the Republican convention.
7. He never belonged to an organized church. Lincoln read the Bible daily, but he
never joined an organized church in his lifetime.
8. He didnt drink, smoke, or chew. Lincoln was a simple man of tastes, and he
never drank in the White House.
9. He didnt have a middle name. Lincoln went through his life with two names.
10. He hated being called Abe. Apparently, he preferred being called by his last
name.
14. Reflection: What are your expectations about this new book that we are
going to read? What are you expecting to learn?
I hope to learn from the book of Abraham Lincoln, thought Lincoln, ideas he had
about the liberation of the slaves and when he did, learn from their character and
their decision making, and because of all what he did, that maybe at that time
were widely criticized their decisions but are now the foundation of human rights
and democracy. My expectations are many, know that Lincoln was passionate
about politics, national sovereignty, and estracha relationship with democracy,
condemn the expacionismo and nationalism of his own country. Also know all the
ways in which he was able to proclaim in a thousand ways their faith in
democracy, freedom, equality of all men and affirm the rational and ethical sense
of political action.
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