The USA today: the federal capital is Washington D.C and the flag is « the Stars and Stripes Banner » : 13 stripes for the first 13 colonies and 50 stars for the 50 states Abraham LINCOLN HIS EARLY YEARS Abraham Lincoln ( nicknamed « Abe ») was born on February 12th , 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. His parents were poor and they lived in a one-room log cabin . His mother died when he was 9 . HIS POLITICAL CAREER He received little education but he loved reading so he had different jobs to get He studied law and money. became a lawyer. He In the started his political 1830s, he career in the Republican moved to Party. New Salem, Illinois HIS FAMILY In 1842 , he married Mary TODD. They had four childdren ( 4 sons) but three died ! Only Robert survived. HIS ELECTION On November 6th, Lincoln was elected 16th U.S president. The AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ( 1861-1865) between the Union ( Northern States opposed to slavery) and the Secessionists ( Southern States = the Confederate States) in favour of slavery. Lincoln was against slavery. He was in favour of justice and equality. The END of the CIVIL WAR On April 9th, 1865, Genenal Lee and the Confederates surrended. It was the end of the war. HIS DEATH On April 14th, 1865 Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth ,in a theatre in Washington D.C. THE END OF SLAVERY On December 6th, 1865, the U.S Congress voted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and slavery was abolished. LINCOLN MEMORIAL (1922) in WASHINGTON D.C with the statue of Abraham LINCOLN The face of LINCOLN was sculpted on MOUNT RUSHMORE, in South Dakota in 1925 ( from left to right : George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln).