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1、,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 stepmot
2、her.,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.,Ab
3、raham 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 whic
4、h 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 Pr
5、esident 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 R
6、epublican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered,campaignspeech,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 Sout
7、hern states(called the Confederacy).The Civil War lasted from 1861 until 1865,Civil War,6,Civil War,Lincoln proclaimedHomestead Act and The Emancipation Proclamation in 1962.In 1963,there were five important battles which turned the war.In 1965,United states of America captured Confederate states of
8、 Ameica,Uncle Toms Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.Published in 1852,the novel“helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War”.The sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as e
9、nslavement of fellow human beings,7,novel,Gettsburg Address,The Gettysburg AddressGettysburg,PennsylvaniaNovember 19,1863 Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent,a new nation,conceived in Liberty,and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now
10、we are engaged in a great civil war,testing whether that nation,or any nation so conceived and so dedicated,can long endure.We are met on a great battle-field of that war.We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives.That nation might l
11、ive.It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.,8,Gettsburg Address,But,in a larger sense,we can not dedicate,we can not consecrate,we can not hallow this ground.The brave men,living and dead,who struggled here,have consecrated it,far above our poor power to add or detract.The world
12、will little note,nor long remember what we say here,but it can never forget what they did here.,Gettsburg Address,It is for us the living,rather,to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the grea
13、t task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to-that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve-that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation,under God,shall have a new birth of freedom-and that governm
14、ent of the people,by the people,and for the people,shall not perish from the earth.,Lincoln was elected to be president again in 1864.deathHowever,he was killed byJogh wilkes Booth,a famousactor,at Fords Theatre while watching a play with his wife in 1865.,9,You can see the gun that John Wilkes Boot
15、h used to kill the president in the museum at Fords Theatre today.You can also see the clothes President Lincoln wore the night he was killed.,10,the mementos,11,Dream,On August 23,1963,the famous black civil rights leader reverend Martin Luther King Jr.made a famous speech I have a dream on the ste
16、ps of the memorial hall east.,12,Memorial day,Historians regard Washington as the father of the nation,Lincoln for the savior of the country.The third Monday in February,is the“Presidents day”in the United States,to commemorate these two great leaders.,The testFree ride The lawyer,13,Humor,14,Both a
17、re tall,thin men with big ears.Both settled in the state of Illinois as young men.Both became lawyers.They each served in the Illinois state legislature before serving one term in the United States Congress.Both are known for their excellent writing and speaking skills.Barack Obama has called Lincol
18、n his favorite president and his idol or hero.Mr.Obama announced his candidacy for president of the United States on Abraham Lincolns birthday in front of the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield,Illinois.This is where President Lincoln gave a famous speech in 1858.President Obama took the oath of office in January on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln owned and used at his first inauguration.,Comparison,第一PPT，,2015.5.26,Abraham Lincoln,Thank you!,
