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第一PPT， 2015.5.26 Abraham Lincoln Thank you! * * 第一PPT， 王艺霖 One of the greatest U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln 1 Birth Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He was born in a poor family and his mother passed away when he was only 9 years old. One years later, his father got married with an another woman who treated him very well as a stepmother. Before 25 years old , Lincoln had no profession that make him around for a living. Because of the poor family and low degree of education , little Lincoln used to be the worker on Ohio river , he also did a planter in a garden , as a living. 2 Teenage Family Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad. 3 After deftly opposing the expansion of slavery in the United States in his campaign debates and speeches , Lincoln secured the Republican nomination and was elected to be the 16th president in 1860. One interesting fact is that he got no votes from those ten states which were under slave owners‘ control 51 years old 4 Fellow-Citizens of the United States: In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States to be taken by the President before he enters on the execution of this office. “ I do not consider it necessary at present for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement. Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered… campaign speech 5 Six weeks after becoming President, the Civil War began. 11 states claimed that they were independent and set up. In this war, the Northern states (which stayed in the Union) fought the Southern states (called the Confed