Abraham Lincoln Research Paper

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Kentucky. He wasn’t raised in a wealthy family but neither poor. Lincoln’s father, Thomas was a striving pioneer who was well respected around the community. Later on, due to arguments of the land with the community people forced the Lincoln family to move towards Indiana in 1817. After a year later in 1818, Lincoln’s mother, Nancy passed away from a milk illness. Lincoln’s mother’s death gravely affected him, and it also strained the relationship between him and his father even more. Thomas Lincoln, after a year later remarried to a widow named, Sarah. Sarah was an affectionate woman who Lincoln seemed to bond with instantly. Neither his father nor his mother was literate, but Sarah encouraged Lincoln to …show more content…
Attaining knowledge in the Indiana wilderness was quite difficult for Lincoln, but he would travel miles to borrow books and gain knowledge. In 1830 the Lincoln family moved to Illinois, but his father set out onto a different county as Lincoln stayed back at Macon County, Illinois. Lincoln later moved to New Salem, Illinois where he worked various jobs and acquired social skills and became well known with the locals. In 1834 Lincoln started his political career and was elected into the state legislature of Illinois. In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephan A. Douglas for senator, but lost the election. Although he lost the election, he gained national representation that won him the republicans’ nomination for president in 1860. During the presidential election many issues arose over slavery. These issues seemed to have peaked Lincoln’s views on slavery as it made him fight more towards equality. The Supreme Court released its decision on Scott v. Sanford, declaring African Americans as not being citizens and had no natural born rights. After hearing the court’s decision, Lincoln challenges Senator Stephen Douglas as a senator.