Abraham Lincoln
president
personal life
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln had an older sister Sarah and younger brother Thomas, who died in infancy. When young Abraham was 9 years old his mother died of tremetol (milk sickness) at age 34 . A few months after the death, Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston, a Kentucky widow with three children of her own. In 1842, Lincoln married Mary Todd.
Type of government
beliefs within their government
Capitalism, Federalism
Rise to Power
abraham lincoln was voted president in November 6, 1860.
Lincoln quickly gained a reputation as a driven man who rarely stopped work.
Lincoln spoke out against slavery but also made it clear that he believed that the South had the right to use slaves.
Reasons for or against world leader and their form of government.
like
Lincoln opposed slavery.
helped end slavery.
dislike
keep slavery legal in the northern states.
Lincoln said many times that if he could end the war
without freeing a single slave, that he would do so.
when they were the world leader
16th President of the United States (1861–1865)
the support of the people
Many people liked abe and many people didn't