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What are the characteristics of a hero?
 * //__A person or thing to help anything not for there career!__//**

1)Intro to your 19th Century hero- Abraham Lincoln was are 16th president of the United States during the 19th centery. __//**He was against slavery and was assassinated in 1865. In my opinion is a hero. He fought for his rights and was successfull.**//__

2)Put hero's life into perspective--when did they live, where, who were they trying to help, why, how, why was this important? **//__He lived from February 12, 1865 from 1809-1865. Lincoln was born in illinois. Lincoln was trying to help the slaves in the south. He wanted to free the slaves in the south and send them to Africa. He also wanted to please the north so they didnt have any slaves anymore, beacuse south wanted slaves but north didn't. He wanted to free the slaves becuase it was cruel to own slaves and he beleived it wasn't right for the south to own slaves. In the American Civil War he defeated the secssionist confederate states of america to stop the slavery of the south. This is very important because if he didnt help stop slavery you right now could be a slave. Would you want to be a slave?__//**

3)What makes your person a hero--you must prove that your person meets the criteria of your own personal definition(this is the meat of your wiki page and your submission to the My Hero website-your looking at a good four paragraphs here--focus on that spark, that moment the person decided to be heroic or do heroic acts. **//__My hero was born February 12, 1809 in illinois. He was the 16th persident of the United States. My heros name of the 19th centery is Abraham Lincoln. The main thing that makes my person a hero is that he died trying to help save our country. He was assassinated in 1865 when trying to convince the south to stop slavery. If he never lived you could be a slave right now and have no rights for yourself. Wouldn't that change your life forever? Who in the world could be more of a hero then him in the 19th centery? I think no other person could be more of a hero then him. All Lincoln wanted was peace with the south and to free the black slaves. Lincoln was trying to help the slaves in the south. He wanted to free the slaves in the south and send them to Africa. He also wanted to please the north so they didnt have any slaves anymore, beacuse south wanted slaves but north didn't. He wanted to free the slaves becuase it was cruel to own slaves and he beleived it wasn't right for the south to own slaves. In the American Civil War he defeated the secssionist confederate states of america to stop the slavery of the south. This is very important because if he didnt help stop Slavery who else do you think would? I think no other person would so that makes Lincoln a hero. He helped us realize that slaves are people to and they should be treated equally like how we are teated. If he never was president we would all still be in war right now. He showed us that bravery by doing all he can to help free the slaves in the south that it did a huge part in all our lives.__//** 5)What is the person's legacy?

6)What advice would they have for todays youth? sites i used to find information-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln