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                                                            Abraham Lincoln
                                             Sixteenth President of the United States
                                                    Born  1809 - Died 1865

1.  Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

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2.  What did he use for a textbook when learning to read?

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3.  How did he prepare himself to become a lawyer?

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4.  What helpful lesson did he learn when he was working as a postmaster?

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5.  What useful lesson did he learn when he worked as a surveyor?

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6.  What were Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?

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7.  What is the Emancipation Proclamation and how did it affect slaves? How did it affect  their owners?

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8.  How  old was Lincoln when he died, and how did he die?

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Biography at gardenofpraise.com
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