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Jan 31, 1865

13th amendment passed

Secretary of War under President Lincoln.

Edwin M. Stanton

governer, congressman for ohio, laid foundation for 13th amendment to be passed

James Ashley

northerners for 13th amendment

reoublican

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865.

13th Amendment

the 16th President of the United States. He is considered one of the greatest figures in the history of the United States. He was an attorney in Springfield, Illinois, before running for the Presidency. During his Presidency he kept his country together during the Civil War and later signed the Emancipation Proclamation which freed African-Americans from slavery. He was elected to a second term as president even though his war policies were criticised. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor who was a Confederate sympathizer in 1865, after which Abe was seen as a martyr and an icon among many people in the United States. His iconic status has been represented in many media protrayals, both serious and comic.

Abraham Lincoln

VP of confederate states

Alexander Stephans

17th president of the United States Vice President when Abe was assasinated

Andrew Johnson

attourney, journalist, and entraupaneaur

Bilbo

President Abraham Lincoln issued on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Emancipation Proclamation

Union Army General in Civil War

Ethan Allen

Was an unofficial advisor to President Lincoln

Francis Prestion Blair

Kept Missouri in the Union during the Civil War

Francis Preston Blair Jr.

Senator, sponsored the U.S. Civil Service Comission

George Pendleton

In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, , at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. Though he was not the featured orator that day, Lincoln's 273-word address would be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history. In it, he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for "a new birth of freedom," as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its ideal of self-government.

Gettysburg Address

a peace conference held between the United States and the Confederate States on February 3, 1865, aboard the steamboat River Queen in Hampton Roads, Virginia, to discuss terms to end the American Civil War.

Hampton Roads Conference

as an American politician who was U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, U.S. Secretary of War, and the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

Jefferson Davis

was an American jurist. He was a successful lawyer in Georgia and Alabama, where he served in the State legislatures. Justice of Supreme Court

John. A Campbell

She is Abraham Lincoln's wife and mother of his children. Lincoln had previously been engaged to Ann Rutledge, but Anne died of typhoid fever before the couple could be married.

Mary Todd Lincoln

was an American soldier known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.

Robert E. Lee

was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia. He was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the House, and U.S. Senator.

Robert M.T. Hunter

Son of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln that is in college, but wants to fight in the Civil War

Robert Todd Lincon

Was the child living with his parents in the white house during the movie.

Tad Lincoln

was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s.

Thaddeus Stevens

was the 18th President of the United States. As Commanding General, worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant

was one of the foremost politicians of nineteenth century America; a New York State Senator, Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and served as Secretary of State in the Lincoln and Johnson administrations. His task during the civil war was perhaps the most difficult ever faced by any Secretary of State; to maintain the neutrality of foreign countries in our darkest hour, at a period in history before international law and modern diplomacy.

William H. Seward

Died while his dad was president

Willie Lincoln

congressman from Indiana speaker of the house of representatives lincoln's opponent in senate race

colfax

southerners against 13th amendment

democrat

place where Lincoln was shot

fords theater

Shot lincoln

john wilkes booth

african american Maid of Lincoln's

mrs. elizabeth keckley


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