A 6-word composition describing the characters' hardships.

On February 12th, 189, Lincoln was born into a poor family in Harding County, Kentucky. In his own words, his childhood was "a concise chronicle of poverty". When he was a child, he helped his family move firewood, carry water, do farm work and so on. Parents are descendants of British immigrants. They farm and hunt for a living. In 1816, Lincoln's family moved to the southwest of Indiana to reclaim land for a living. At the age of 9, Lincoln's mother, who was only 36 years old, died unfortunately, which also cultivated his ability to think and do things independently. When he grew up, his height of 193cm always gave people the most calm and melancholy impression.

a year later, my father married a kind and enlightened woman named Sally Bush. The stepmother is kind and hardworking, treats the children of her husband's ex-wife as her own, and is full of love for young Lincoln. Lincoln also loves her stepmother, and the family lives in harmony and happiness. Because of his poor family, Lincoln was not well educated. In order to support his family, Lincoln worked as a ferryman on the Ohio River, a plantation worker and so on.

At the age of p>18, Lincoln, a tall man, was hired by a ship owner and sailed thousands of miles down the Ohio River with others. Before the age of 25, Lincoln had no fixed occupation and made a living everywhere. As an adult, he became a local land surveyor. Because he was proficient in measurement and calculation, he was often invited by people to solve land boundary disputes. After hard work, Lincoln was always a young man who loved reading, and the lights he read at night always flashed until very late. In his youth, Lincoln read all Shakespeare's works, American History and many books on history and literature. He made himself a learned and wise man through self-study.

Lincoln made his first political speech at a political rally. Because he attacked slavery and put forward some suggestions that were beneficial to public cause, Lincoln had an influence on the public. In addition, he had outstanding personality. In 1834, he was elected as a state senator. In August, 1834, 25-year-old Lincoln was elected as a Whig member of Illinois and was re-elected for three terms until 1842. At the same time, he managed the rural post office and engaged in land survey.

In p>1836, Lincoln became a lawyer through self-study, and then co-founded a law firm in Springfield. He soon became the Whig leader of the state legislature. After accumulating the experience of state legislators, in 1846, 37-year-old Lincoln was elected to the United States House of Representatives. In 1847, Lincoln, as a representative of the Whig Party, participated in the successful election of members of Congress and came to Washington for the first time. Around this time, the debate about slavery has become a major event in American political life. In this debate, Lincoln gradually became an opponent of slavery. He believes that slavery should be eliminated eventually, and slavery should be abolished in Washington, D.C. first. Slavers representing the interests of southern slave owners were madly opposed to Lincoln's abolition of slavery.

In p>185, the power of American slave owners increased greatly, and Lincoln withdrew from Congress and continued to be a lawyer. In 1856, Lincoln quit the Whig Party because of his strong opposition to the expansion of slavery, joined the newly established anti-slavery peace party, and soon became the main leader of the party.

in November, 186, Lincoln was elected president, and * * * and the Party took power for the first time.

Lincoln's election posed a serious threat to the interests of plantation owners in the south. Slave owners in the south launched a rebellion to create division. Eleven southern states successively withdrew from the Union, declared the establishment of the "United States of America", formulated a new constitution and elected a new president.

in April, 1861, rebel forces in the south first started a war against the north. Lincoln called on the people to fight for the maintenance of federal unity, and the Civil War broke out. At the beginning of the war, Lincoln adopted the policy of seeking reconciliation with the south, and lost in the military. At the strong demand of all walks of life, a series of laws against slavery were passed in 1862. On September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation of Black Slaves, announcing that slavery in rebel states would be abolished from January 1, 1863, and slaves would become free men. The document brought hope and courage to the slaves. Many slaves left the southern army and joined the northern army. In 1864, he put forward the slogan of "for the people, by the people and for the people" to boost morale and won the civil war in April 1865. In the 1864 general election, Lincoln proposed the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery and included it in the * * * and the party's campaign platform. On November 8, Lincoln was re-elected as president.