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Abraham Lincoln Works for Change

Abraham Lincoln Works for Change. Pages 494-495. Lincoln’s Childhood. He grew up on the frontier in Kentucky and Indiana. He was a pioneer who led a hard life. He worked many hours on the family farm. He attended very little school. He liked to read and borrowed lots of books.

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Abraham Lincoln Works for Change

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  1. Abraham LincolnWorks for Change Pages 494-495

  2. Lincoln’s Childhood • He grew up on the frontier in Kentucky and Indiana. • He was a pioneer who led a hard life. • He worked many hours on the family farm. • He attended very little school. • He liked to read and borrowed lots of books.

  3. Lincoln – The Young Man • He moved with his family to Illinois. • He served in the state legislature. • He studied law and became a lawyer. • He served in Congress in the 1840s. • He was against the spread of slavery.

  4. Lincoln and Slavery • He did not think the government had the right to end all slavery in the country. • He hoped that if slavery were not allowed to spread that one day it would die out. • Lincoln joined the Republican party which was formed to fight the spread of slavery.

  5. Lincoln – The Leader • The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision led Lincoln to run for government office. • In 1858 he ran for the U.S. Senate. • He ran against Stephen Douglas who had written the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

  6. Lincoln vs. Douglas • Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were complete opposites. Lincoln -tall and thin -wore plain, dark clothes -little schooling -not well known -powerful speaker Douglas -heavy, foot shorter -wore fine clothes -well educated -well known in America -already serving in the Senate -powerful speaker

  7. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates • In the summer of 1858, both men traveled around Illinois and debated questions that were important to voters. • Huge crowds gathered to hear their views about slavery spreading West.

  8. Lincoln’s Views • The framers of the Constitution intended and expected slavery to end. • He believed slavery was not a question to be decided by the states. It was a matter of right and wrong. • Lincoln said slavery should not spread to the West.

  9. Douglas’s Views • Douglas believed that slavery was a question for each state to decide. • He said that was what the country’s founders allowed. • The Kansas-Nebraska Act also allowed voters to decide for themselves.

  10. The Vote • Stephen Douglas won the race for Senate. • People around the country now knew who Abraham Lincoln was.

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