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Biography of abraham lincoln, the journey from the wooden house to the walls of the white house, lincoln's contribution to the american civil war
"I walk slowly but I never come back."
Definitions of the words struggle, success, failure, determination, faith, honesty, skill, etc. have been composed by many scholars in their own way. Although all these words have different meanings, but they are synonymous with the name of a person. As if these words have been discovered for them, their very existence is associated with these words. His name is "The Great President of America Abraham Lincoln".
The above sentence is his words. His life story is a source of inspiration for everyone. Fall and rise, then fall and rise again, and finally rise to become an example for the people, this is the source of Abraham Lincoln's success. Abraham Lincoln traveled from zero to the summit with his hard work. Lincoln had overcome America with such a grave problem, that if Abraham had not been there, perhaps America would never have become a superpower. America was gripped by narrow thinking like slavery. Lincoln put an end to that thinking. It is easy to say, write, and hear that abolished slavery, but its appearance was so frightening that America had to face civil war. But Lincoln drove America out of that civil war and saved America from breaking up in two parts.
Abraham Lincoln's childhood was full of poverty. His father's name was Thomas Lincoln and mother's name was Nancy Lincoln. Apart from Abraham, he had a sister named Sarah Lincoln. He was born on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky County, USA. Due to poor economic conditions, he could not attend school. But he was very fond of books. As a child, he used to bring books from his friends to read books. He did his entire education on his own, he did not have school. His childhood was very painful, he had to leave his place of birth due to ground dispute.
Abraham's real test had just begun. It was said of Lincoln that any object or person he touched would fail. He had observed since childhood that slavery in America had become a curse for a particular community. According to slavery, white people paid money to a black once and got them working for several days, the duration of work was not fixed. They also used to beat him up. They had decided to fight it. But nature was yet to test her how strong he is.
In 1819, his mother Nancy died when Abraham was 9 years old. Losing a mother at such a young age was a huge loss for her. On 2 December 1819 his father married a widowed woman, Sarah Sally Bush Johnson. But it proved to be a boon for Abraham, his stepmother loved him more than his real mother. In an interview, Abraham Lincoln once said that if he did not have a stepmother, he would probably never reach this point. His mother used to inspire him to read.
On 1831, when he turned 22, he decided that he would now become self-sufficient. He shifted to New Salem (the city of America). For this, he worked at different places for the next 6 years. During this time he worked in a shop where he used to get time to study. An anecdote of this time is famous. Abraham came to know that on the other side of the river there is a retired judge who has many books of law. So one day Abraham took his boat and intended to cross the river, at that time it was winter. There was snow in the river, their boat collided with the ice and broke away. But he did not give up, swam across the river and went to the judge's house. The judge was also very impressed by his devotion to his studies, he also allowed him to read books, instead Abraham used to do everyday work for the judge. Thus he studied law. After some time he worked as a postmaster. During this, his acquaintance had increased.
After completing his legal studies, Abraham started his job as a lawyer. Tales of his honesty were also famous here. He used to charge less than his client, he never fought a false case in his life.
Once, a lawyer asked for a fee of $ 200 to get a $ 400 pension to a soldier's widow. But when Abraham came to know about this, he fought the woman's case for free and got the woman a full pension. While Abraham spent the woman's stay in the city. From 1836 to 1844 he was a member of the Illinois Bar. Due to his honesty, his lawyer career did not take off and he also failed in it. By now he had failed in business twice. The list of his failures is very long. But he never stopped, he just knew how to walk.
Abraham Lincoln's successes and failures -
In 1818 - his mother Nancy Lincoln died.
In 1831 - Businesses failed.
In 1832 - he missed his job.
This year, it also lost the assembly elections.
- Could not enroll in law school.
In 1833 - started another business for which he had borrowed money from his friend. These businesses also failed very badly. It took him 17 years to pay his friend's money.
In 1834 - this time he won the state assembly elections. Another shock was hidden behind this partial success.
In 1835 - his girlfriend Ann Routledge died. He was shocked by this news. It is said that he used to cry for hours after sitting near the grave of his girlfriend.
He suffered a total nervous breakdown in 1836 due to repeated failures. During this time he remained in bed for 6 months.
In 1838 and 1840 - Legislative Speaker contested but was unsuccessful both times. `
In 1841 - 1 January 1841 Abraham was married to Mary Todd, a rich family girl, but Abraham fled on the wedding day. But on November 4, 1842, Abraham was married to Mary Todd. Mary Todd was an ambitious woman. She was also a bit angry. She always used to say that she would marry him who would one day become the President of America, many people even called her crazy for this. Abraham and her were very few. Abraham often preferred to stay outside rather than at home.
Mary Todd gave birth to a total of four children, but only one of them survived. Which was named Robert Lincoln. Mary Todd was an ideal wife, many believe that Mary Tod's contribution is the key to Abraham becoming President.
But Abraham was very unhappy after repeated failures, it is written in his biography that there was a time when he kept a distance by giving items like knives, knives and so that he could never commit suicide.
He contested the Congress in 1843, 1846 and 1848, winning 1846 of these three elections. But in the elections of 1843 and 1848, he had to face defeat. In 1846 as much as he went to Washington and did a very good job there.
In 1849 - he got the job of land officer but refused to do this job.
In 1854 - this time he contested the Senate (Member of the Upper House of America) and also lost it.
In 1856 - Abraham Lincoln filed the nomination for Vice President but he also lost this election.
In 1858 - this year he again lost the Senate election.
From 1854, a party whose purpose was to abolish the slavery system. The name of this party is Republic Party. The situation in America became such that the Republic Party emerged. America was divided into two parts on the basis of slavery - North America (where there was no slavery) and South America where about 3.5 million out of 9 million were suffering from slavery. This oppression was being perpetrated only on a particular community of blacks. Later, three such incidents occurred due to which people started migrating from North America to South America.
1. Missouri Compromise
2. California Compromise and
3. Supreme Court decision
The main things of all these events are as follows
1. States that did not have slavery will still not be there.
2. To stop the ongoing war between the US and Mexico, half of Texas will have to be given to Mexico, and half of Texas will remain with South America.
3. White people will decide slavery, power will be in their hands.
4. Banning slave training in Washington.
5. Kill the black people who flee.
Supreme Court's decision - In 1857, the Supreme Court said that African (black) people are not citizens of this country. They have to leave this country.
These decisions were strongly opposed, and the Republic Party remained the main focus of the protest. Abraham Lincoln was elected from the Republican Party as the presidential candidate for the upcoming election. There was no answer to Abraham Lincoln's speaking skills. A total of seven debates were held between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen-E-Douglas, who were the second presidential candidates.
Finally, on November 6, 1860, a 6-foot-4-inch-tall, slender man with long ears and long beard, and signed by writing a .Lincoln, became the 16th President of the United States. He was the first President of the Republic Party. No one could believe that the boy who had failed life at every turn, who came out of a poor family, occupied the most powerful position in the world on the strength of his hard work. Now the future of America was in the hands of Abraham Lincoln, he had a lot of responsibility on his shoulders, now his shoulders and intentions had to show strength.
The states of South America revolted as soon as Abraham Lincoln became president, the state governments there knew that Abraham Lincoln was against slavery and he would take some major steps to end it. Hence, 11 states of South America formed an organization due to this fear and separated themselves from the US. They are called the Confederate States of America. This led to a civil war in South and North America on 12 April 1861. North America was led by Abraham Lincoln and South America was led by Jefferson David. South America was not ready to give up. During this time, President Abraham Lincoln gave a slogan, "In a country such a law will not work to be free from half slavery and half indulged in slavery."
Eventually Abraham Lincoln declared the final war against the South. Abraham Lincoln led a very large campaign from Atlanta to Swana under the leadership of General S. Grant. At the outset of this campaign Abraham Lincoln gave a historical speech in Gettysburg. He explained the definition of democracy in this speech. He said, "A new freedom will be born in this country by the grace of God, and the government of the people, by the people, for the people, is on this earth, it will never end."
Seeing this campaign, South America sought help from Britain, but Abraham Lincoln stopped the movement of Britain with the help of his navy. In the end, South America surrendered and North America won the Civil War under the leadership of Lincoln.
Subsequent constitutional amendments were followed, which abolished slavery.
13th Amendment (1865) - slave system was abolished.
14th Amendment (1868) - Citizenship granted to the slave community.
15th Amendment (1870) - The slave community got the right to vote.
19th Amendment (1920) - Women got the right to vote.
April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, along with his family, was watching the play "Our American Cousin" at the "Ford Theater" in Washington. Around ten o'clock at night, actor John vikes Bush shot in the back of his head, causing Lincoln to die the next morning. The assassin was killed in an encounter by American soldiers.
Abraham Lincoln did not give up his simplicity even after becoming President. The addict of the White House could never do magic on him. He lived for the people and embraced death only for the people. America will never pay the debt of Abraham Lincoln. His sacrifice and efforts made America the United States of America. Such a great figure is born once in Yugo. They still live in the motivation of people to struggle.