1. Lincoln

3. Historical Themes The Presidency Representation of a Great Leader
The Civil War
13th Amendment
How a Bill becomes a Law
Party Politics in Congress

7. Abraham Lincoln Born February 12, 1809 in Kentucky
1834 wins a seat in Illinois State Legislature and serves for 8 years
Serves one term in the House of Representatives
Runs for Senate against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 but loses
1860 become first Republican President

10. Impact of 1860 Election
Southern Secession began with South Carolina on December 20, 1860
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all follow
February 4, 1861, Confederate States of America led by Jefferson Davis formed
“Sovereign and Independent States”
Slavery was “protected and recognized”

12. The Civil War Began April 12, 1861 Fort Sumter in South Carolina
July 21, Bull Run in Virginia
George McClellan-Union
Later Ulysses S. Grant
Joseph E. Johnston-Confederacy
Later Robert E. Lee

14. Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 1st-3rd 1863
90,000 Union Troops
75,000 Confederate Troops
Effects: 23,000 Union Casualties, 28,000 Confederate Casualties
Turning Point as it crippled South’s ability to invade the North

17. Impact of Civil War
Lee surrenders to Grant on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia
360,000 Union Soldiers Dead
260,000 Confederate Soldiers Dead
Another 500,000 wounded many of being amputees

19. Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863
“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….”

20. 13th Amendment
“Neither slavery no involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.”
Introduced for first time in 1864 and then voted on in January 1865

22. Assassination of Lincoln
April 14, 1865
John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln during Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C.
“Sic semper tyrannis”: “Thus be it ever to tyrants”
Killed 12 days later in a barn in Virginia
Left Reconstruction to his Vice President Andrew Johnson

23. Historical Liberties/Omissions
Lincoln slapping his son
Pushing black Americans to the “background” in the film
Connecticut voting “no”
Mary Todd Lincoln attending the final vote on the 13th Amendment
Congressional Vote done alphabetically