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Fun FactsFun Facts • At six feet four inches tall, Abraham• At six feet four inches tall, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest President.Lincoln was the tallest President. • Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd, was• Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd, was from Kentucky.from Kentucky. • People did not think Lincoln was a• People did not think Lincoln was a handsome man. When a little girl namedhandsome man. When a little girl named Grace Bedell wrote him a letter sayingGrace Bedell wrote him a letter saying he should grow a beard, he did!he should grow a beard, he did! ComprehensionComprehension GenreGenre Text FeaturesText Features SkillSkill Nonfi ctionNonfi ction SequenceSequence • Glossary• Glossary • Captions• Captions • Illustrations• Illustrations Scott Foresman Social StudiesScott Foresman Social Studies ì<(sk$m)=bedije<ì<(sk$m)=bedije<ISBNISBN 0-328-14389-80-328-14389-8 +^-Ä-U-Ä-U+^-Ä-U-Ä-U by Barbara L. Lucianoby Barbara L. Luciano
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Abraham Lincoln helped make important changes to our country. Hewas the sixteenth President of the United Write to It!hamLinc States. In this book you will learn about President some day? Why or whyWould you like to be theRa ol some of the things he did. Anot? Write about what you wouldBOur 16th President n do if you were President. Tell Vocabulary about what you would change. shelter independence enslaved Write your paragraph on another sheet tradition of paper. Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.by Barbara L. Luciano Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, ISBN: 0-328-14389-8 a division of Pearson Education. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher Opener: The Granger Collection, NY; 2 The Granger Collection, NY; 3 The Granger prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission Collection, NY; 4 ©Bettmann/Corbis; 5 ©Hulton Archive/Getty Images; 6 ©Bettman/ in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or Corbis; 7 ©Bettmann/Corbis; 8 The Granger Collection, NY; 9 Sallie Alane Reason/©DK likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Images; 10 The Granger Collection, NY; 11 Bridgeman Art Library; 12 North Wind Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York Picture Archives; 14 North Wind Picture Archives; 15 The Granger Collection, NY. Sales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Coppell, Texas • Sacramento, California • Mesa, Arizona
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Lincoln lived in a log cabin when he was young. When Abraham Lincoln was young, his family moved from Kentucky to Indiana. Very few people lived there Abraham Lincoln was born on then, except for American Indians and February 12, 1809. He was born in a few pioneers. Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln was named Lincoln and his family did not have after his grandfather. much money. They had to work hard for Lincoln grew up to become the their food and shelter. Lincoln never sixteenth President of the United States went to college, but he loved to read. of America. He made our country a better place to live. 2 3
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Lincoln worked hard and had many different jobs. He split logs to earn money. He worked as a boat captain. He also worked in a store. Later he became a lawyer. One very important job that Lincoln had was Congressman. This meant he spoke for the people of Illinois. People were happy with his work. They asked Lincoln to run for President. Political poster from the 1860 election Lincoln split logs into long pieces called rails. In November of 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd. They lived in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham and Mary Lincoln had four sons. Their sons’ names were Robert Todd, Edward, William, and Thomas. 4 5
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Abraham Lincoln was used to speaking to large crowds. Many people in the South did not want Lincoln elected. In 1860 people rode trains or traveled When Lincoln ran for President, by horse and carriage. Anyone who some people were afraid of the changes wanted to be elected had to travel this Lincoln would make. Lincoln won the way to meet people. There were no election. televisions or computers back then to help share ideas! 6 7
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Lincoln became President on March 4, 1861. In 1864 he was elected again. Lincoln won this election with many more votes than the first election. Lincoln became President on March 4, 1861. The states that wanted to be independent are shown in purple. The orange states allowed slavery but wanted to remain part of the United States. The green states are where slavery had been outlawed. When Lincoln was elected President, there were many problems to be fixed. One big problem was that not all states agreed about how the country should be run. Eleven states from the South wanted their independence from the other states. They decided to make their own government. They elected their own President. 8 9
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These people escaped slavery and came to the North. This document gave enslaved people their freedom. One of the things that the states could not agree on was slavery. The northern and the southern Abraham Lincoln thought it was wrong states fought a war while Lincoln was for people to be enslaved. Many people President. This war was called the Civil agreed with him. Other people felt that War. It began on April 12, 1861. they needed enslaved people to help do On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed work. a paper that said enslaved people in the South were free. 10 11
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Lincoln’s most famous speech was given at Gettysburg. This was the place where one of the war’s worst battles was fought. Ulysses S. Grant led the northern army. The Civil War was fought for many Robert E. Lee led the southern army. Each reasons. People had different ideas side believed their ideas were right. They about how things should be. Lincoln fought hard for these ideas. worked hard to bring the states back The war finally ended on April 9, 1865. together. He wanted the war to end. The North had won. He wanted Americans to stop fighting one another. He wanted the states to be united once again. 12 13
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There is a special place in Washington, D.C., called the Lincoln Memorial. Many people go there to remember all the good work that Lincoln did. His ideas changed our country in many ways. It has become a tradition to remember Lincoln and other Presidents on Presidents’ Day. It is a chance for us to think about the important part they played in our country’s history. Thousands of people went to President Lincoln’s funeral. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln as the President watched a play. One night in 1865 Abraham Lincoln was in Washington, D.C., at Ford’s Theater. He was watching a play. A man named John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln. Lincoln died a short time later. 14 15
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GlossaryAbraham Lincoln helped make important changes to our country. He Write to It! was the sixteenth President of the Unitedenslaved made to live as slaves, or Would you like to be the States. In this book you will learn aboutowned as property President some day? Why or why some of the things he did. not? Write about what you would independence to be free from other do if you were President. Tell Vocabularypeople or places about what you would change. sheltersheltera place where people live independence traditionenslavedsomething that is done Write your paragraph on another sheet a certain way for many yearstradition of paper. Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, ISBN: 0-328-14389-8 a division of Pearson Education. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher Opener: The Granger Collection, NY; 2 The Granger Collection, NY; 3 The Granger prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission Collection, NY; 4 ©Bettmann/Corbis; 5 ©Hulton Archive/Getty Images; 6 ©Bettman/ in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or Corbis; 7 ©Bettmann/Corbis; 8 The Granger Collection, NY; 9 Sallie Alane Reason/©DK likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Images; 10 The Granger Collection, NY; 11 Bridgeman Art Library; 12 North Wind Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. Picture Archives; 14 North Wind Picture Archives; 15 The Granger Collection, NY. 161 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05
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