Lincoln's growth experience (about 500 words) Karen Kate's growth experience (about 400 words)

[1]1February 809 12, Lincoln was born in a poor family in Harding County, Kentucky. Lincoln's father was a shoemaker, and in his own words, he was the16th president of the United States-abraham lincoln [2].

He said that his childhood was "a concise chronicle of poverty". When he was a child, he helped his family move firewood, carry water and do farm work. Parents are descendants of British immigrants. They make a living by farming and hunting. 18 16, the Lincoln family moved to southwest Indiana to reclaim land for a living. At the age of 9, Lincoln's mother, who was only 34 years old, died unfortunately. A year later, my father married a kind and enlightened woman named Sarah Bush. The stepmother is kind and hardworking, regards the children of her husband's ex-wife as her own children, and is full of love for young Lincoln. Lincoln also loves her stepmother, and the family is harmonious and happy. Because of his poor family, Lincoln didn't get a good education. In order to support his family, Lincoln worked as a ferryman, plantation worker, shop assistant and carpenter on the Ohio River in his teens.

early stage

/kloc-When he was 0/8 years old, Lincoln, who was tall (193cm), was employed by a ship owner and sailed thousands of miles along the Ohio River with others. Before the age of 25, Lincoln had no fixed job and made a living everywhere. As an adult, he became a local land surveyor. Because he is proficient in measurement and calculation, he is often invited by people to solve land boundary disputes. After hard work, Lincoln has always been a young man who loves reading, and the light of reading at night always flashes late. When he was young, Lincoln read all Shakespeare's works, American history and many books on history and literature. He made himself a learned man through self-study. He made his first political speech at a political rally. Because he attacked slavery and put forward some suggestions beneficial to public utilities, Lincoln had an influence on the public, and with his outstanding personality, he was elected as a state senator in 1834. [3]

1834 In August, 25-year-old Lincoln was elected as a state legislator and began his political career. He also manages rural post offices, conducts land surveys and studies law with the help of friends. Two years later, Lincoln became a lawyer through self-study and soon became the Whig leader of the state legislature. After accumulating the experience of state legislators, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives on 1846. 1847, Lincoln, as a representative of the Whig Party, participated in the election of members of Congress and was successful. He 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 anti-slavery person. He believes that slavery should be abolished eventually, and it should be abolished in Washington first. Slavery, which represents the interests of southern slave owners, is crazy against Lincoln. middle age

1850, the power of American slave owners increased greatly, and Lincoln withdrew from Congress and continued to be a lawyer.

1860, Lincoln became the presidential candidate of * * * and the party. In June 1 1, the election was announced. Lincoln was elected as the 16 th president of the United States with 2 million votes, but he didn't get the 1 vote in the southern states controlled by slave owners.

After the general election was announced, the slave owners of the southern plantations created divisions and launched a rebellion. 1 1 Southern states successively withdrew from the federation, announced the establishment of the "League of American States", formulated a new constitution, and elected presidents.

186 1 In April, the rebels in the south first started a war against the north. Lincoln called on the people to fight for the unification of the union.

At the beginning of the civil war, because the planters in the south plotted rebellion for a long time, the Lincoln government tried to compromise and lost in the war. The capital, Washington, is threatened. In order to turn the tide, with the help of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1862, the Lincoln administration promulgated the Homestead Act, which stipulated that American citizens could acquire 160 acres of land in the west by paying 10 dollars, and they could become their owners after five years of continuous farming. In September, the The Emancipation Proclamation was promulgated, abolishing slavery and stipulating that slaves who rebelled in various states were free men. The form of war suddenly changed.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/863, the northern army turned to counterattack. 1865, the southern rebels surrendered to the northern army, and the four-year civil war ended in victory in the north.

Be assassinated

1865 On the evening of April 14, Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford Theater in Washington just after the Civil War. On May 4th, Lincoln was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Lincoln led the American people to safeguard national unity, abolish slavery, remove obstacles for the development of capitalism, and promote the development of American history. 100 has been respected by the American people for more than a decade. Because of Lincoln's progressive role in American history, people praised him as "a model of national rulers in the new era." [4]