《Aabrham Lincoln》.ppt

* Abraham Lincoln 1809—1865 Hardin County, Kentucky, USA American-Statesman Politicians, lawyers, orators The 16th president The first republican president The great liberator, Honest Abe Elephant is the emblem of the Republican Party. The Republican Party was founded in 1854. It is a coalition of a group of former Whig Party members, the northern Democrats, and the emancipation of the slaves movement, they oppose the expansion of slavery, and advocated the United States should be modern. Adolescence:Poverty and mothers?untimely death Youth: Make a live everywhere and read all works of Shakespeare 1834, he was elected state legislators. 1836, he became the state legislature of the Whig Party leaders. 1846, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. 1850, Lincoln quit the Congress to continue to be a lawyer. 1860, Lincoln became the Republican presidential candidate. 1861, Lincoln called on the people to fight for the maintenance of the federal unified. 1863, the northern army was into the offensive. 1865, the civil war lasting four years-long ended in Northern victory. The same year, Lincoln was assassinated at Fords Theatre in Washington. That is a speech of Lincoln in the Gettysburg. This is Lincolns most famous speech, and this is also one of the most beautiful and poetic article in American Literature. It is less than 2 minutes. Although this is?a?celebration of?military victory?speech,?it was not?a?militant?of the gas.Rather, it is a touching tribute and praise those who made ??the ultimate sacrifice of the people and the ideals they died. The Gettysburg Address?Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?November 19, 1863?Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.?Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and dedicated can long endure. We are met on the battle field of t