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 * Country=torn between differences (slavery / no slavery)
 * Civil War resulted from this
 * Lincoln's main accomplishment as President: held Union together
 * born in Hardin County, KY in 1809
 * humble life / not wealthy
 * First political Advance= elected to Lower House of the Illinois Legislature after serving four terms as Whig.
 * one term= House of Representatives
 * Inaugurated President in 1861
 * opposed all things unnecessary and unconstitutional
 * Democrats accused him of being a tyrant (prohibited civil liberties)
 * Some accomplishments as President= kept the Union together and issued the Emancipation Proclamation (leading to the abolition of slavery)
 * humble life shaped his strong opinions
 * To Democrats he was a tyrant because he outlawed individual rights
 * stopped commanders from fanatical arrests and didn't show chances of becoming a dictator
 * Daniel Chester French sculpted the Lincoln Memorial
 * based off of the Temple of Zeus in Greece
 * Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address was written in the monument
 * made of Georgia White Marble
 * made of 36, 37 feet high columns
 * They represent the 36 states present at the time of Lincoln's death with their names written above it
 * On the wall behind the memorial has written its dedication
 * the enormousness of Lincoln's statue shows his huge heart and father-like figure to us
 * he looks silent yet strong and powerful
 * built to feel like a sacred space for people to remember their leader
 * inspires us to be great like him

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