1. Lincoln's Assassination
Abraham Lincoln began his important but fateful career in politics in 1854, at 45. He was a strong supporter of the Northern states, who wanted to rid the United States of slavery. At that time, Abraham Lincoln spoke at a courthouse in Winchester, Illinois, concerning the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Lincoln was a strong opposer of Nebraska being admitted as a slave state, because Lincoln was an abolitionist and wanted to keep the number of free states and slave states even. Many people who heard Lincoln's speech were very impressed with him. ...
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