Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

(1809-1865)

Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives to one term

(1847-1849)

Lincoln was born into poverty in a one room log cabin on the frontier of

Kentucky 1809

On November 6, 1860

Lincoln won the Presidential Election

Southern politicians feared Lincoln and the

Radical Republicans would eventually abolish slavery throughout the Union, destroying their economy and way of life

On December 20, 1860

South Carolina voted to secede from the Union

When he was 9 years old his

mother died

Lincoln was self thought, receiving only

one year of formal education

By February 1, 1861

six more states in the Lower South--Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas--had voted to secede

Many Southerners were angered by the threat to

slavery posed by the Republicans and wealthy Southerners

n 1836 after watching himself the law Lincoln became a lawyer in

springfield Illinois