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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809- April 15, 1865) was the _________________Grant____________ President of the United States of America. He served as President from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865 (he was re-elected in 1864). Lincoln's ___Vice President_was Andrew Johnson (1808-1875).
Abraham Lincoln was born in a ________log_______________ cabin in ____Kentucky_______. He had very little formal schooling. He eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician. Lincoln earned the nickname "Honest ____slavery_______." He married Mary  Todd______ in 1842.
During Lincoln's presidency, the ___Northern___________ states seceded from (left) the Union because Lincoln and the Northern states were against _________________________. Six weeks after becoming President, the _________Civil_____________ War began. In this war, the Southern_________ states (which stayed in the Union) fought the Southern states (called the ___________Abe____________________). The Civil War lasted from 1861 until _____________1865___.
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which eventually led to the ___________confederacy_______ of all slaves in the USA. During the Civil War, Lincoln gave many speeches, including the Gettysburg _______________________________________ (Nov. 1863), a short speech in which he stated how a country must be dedicated to human freedom in order to survive. Lincoln was ____________16th________________ President in 1864.
General Robert E. Lee (from the Confederacy) surrendered to General Ulysses S. ______Johnson________ (from the Union) on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.

Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth (an actor). Lincoln had been attending a ___assassinated____________ at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died the next morning. He was the first US president ever __________________________. Andrew _______________________________________ (Lincoln's Vice-President) became the next US __________President_____________.