Abraham+l


 * my definition of a hero**-is a person who helps people and doesnt ask for something in return
 * 1.Intro to your 19th Century hero-**abraham lincoln was born on febuary 12, 1909. he was against slavery and wanted to free them.

1 he opposed the dred scott decision in 1857 2 he dedicted the battlefield on the gettysburg address to the soldiers that died fighting the union 3 licoln created the homestead act which was an act that allowed poor people that lived in the east to obtain land in the west http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html
 * 2.when did they live-**he became president in 1858 and was assasinated in 1865
 * 3.where did they** live-he lived in Kentucky
 * 4.who was he trying to help-**he was trying to help the slaves who were treated unnfairly. because he beleaved that all people should be treated fairly
 * 5. why was this important-**it was important because this is what led to the civil war.
 * 6. What makes your person a hero-**my person is a hero because he showed people it was wrong to treat slaves unfairly and that they should be free.and he guided his men towards the civil war and got support from other slave states
 * 7.What is the person’s legacy-** abraham lincoln beleaved that everyone should be treated fairly and requally. he is remembered today as a president and a leader in saving the union during the civil war and beginning to end the process of slavery in the united states.


 * president lincoln was one of the greatest heros that ever lived because he helped our country in many ways. he guided his men towards the civil war and got support from other slave states and reacted by winning the civil war. in this way he felt sorry for all the soldiers that parished on the battlefield of gettysburg so he decided to dedicate that land to those men who died fighting for the confederacy. after the war was over he opposed the dred scott decision in 1857 and then supported the homestead act which was an act that allowed poor people that lived in the east to obtain land in the west. lincoln then sighned another act called** **the National Banking Act which was an act that allowed people to establish a national currency and provide for a creation of an inhanced network for national banks. and then he sighned the tariff legislation which offered protection to the american industry and led to the first chartered transcontinental railroad. in 1864 president lincoln was reelected president with andrew jackson as his competiter.but defeated him and became president again.on On Good Friday, April 14, 1865 lincoln and his family attended a play called our american cousin at ford theatre.during this preformance a man came from the back and shot the president on the back of the neck at 10:15 P.M.**