One reason for the move was that Kentucky was a "slave state," 、 lndiana 、 a state. The Lincoln family hated slavery. Abraham later said that he was naturally antislavery" as far back as he could remember. Eventually, the Lincolns ended up on a tiny farm in lllinois. YIAIN oELAWARe ? 第神解Ⅳ 一をニうミ三にら一三 、、 0 、で EX AS•

refusing tO attack the Confederate army. He 、 vas afraid his army wasn t ready. He was afraid the Confederate army was too strong. He lost chances to win battles that could have ended the war. Finally Lincoln became impatient. "lf GeneraI McCIellan does not want to use the army,' he said, "I would like to な 0 ル it for a time. While LincoIn was learning to be a president, his family was settling into their new home. The White House was much fancier than any place ミはまを齢一 1 T 、巫 TT 日 0 SE they had lived before, but it was dirty and run- dO 、 h•,rn. Congress gave Mary some money tO fix it 56

旧旧 ー 8 ー 9 旧引 旧 54 旧 3 乙 旧 42 旧 4 乙 旧 5 乙 旧 58 旧乙 0 旧乙 2 旧乙 5 旧乙 4 旧乙 5 AP12AllAM LINCOLN'S LIVL Abraham LincoIn is born February 12 Nancy Hanks, his mother, dies Lincoln's father marries Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln moves to New Salem, lllinois Elected to the lllinois General Assembly Receives hiS law license Marries Mary Todd in Springfield, lllinois Elected [ 0 the U. S. House of Representatives Helps organize the new Republican Party Debates Stephen Douglas Elected sixteenth president of the United States; Southern states begin tO secede from the Union CiviI War begins LinCOln issues the EmanC1pation ProcIamat10n Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address Lincoln iS reelected president General Robert E. Lee surrenders, ending the CiviI War; John WiIkes Booth shoots and kills Lincoln 102

( 、一幽も 6 一の亠幽 Douglas had become famous, while Lincoln relatively unkno 、 MII. NO 、 Lincoln was eager to challenge still Douglas, however, .0 refused tO set up a S EN の 0 Ⅱ G debate. So Lincoln followed him to an open-air speech in Springfield. Douglas defended the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He said that in America, people had the right to decide how they wanted to be governed. This meant that the people of every state should be able to decide freely whether or not to allow slavery. ・ When Douglas had finished, LincoIn yelled to the crowd that tomorrow he would explain why Douglas was wrong. The next day, a huge audience gathered. Lincoln spoke for three hours. Douglas's arguments, he 36

Lincoln relied on Grant 1 れ ore and 1 Ⅱ ore. After one terribly bloody battle, many people thought Grant should be fired. But "I can t spare this man," LinCOln said. "He fights. " ln the North, fewer men 、 vere willing tO volunteer as soldiers. So in 1863 , LincoIn 。 called for a draft• For the first tlme in. A. merican history, men were forced to enlist in the army. ln New York, 社、ヤ 1 : よ一 1 イ

LinCOln was not present for the surrender. The t 、 MO generals met ln a courthouse. G ・ rant 、 care- ん lto treat Lee generously. He knew that was what LincoIn wanted. The defeated soldiers would not be paraded through the streets or mocked. They would even be allowed to keep their horses. And Grant arranged for fOOd tO be given tO the starving Confederate troops. Back in Washington, excited cro 、 vds surrounded the White House. Everyone was calling for Lincoln. Tad was given a big cheer when he appeared at the window waving a Confederate flag. Then Lincoln arrived. He asked the band to play the Southern song, Dixie. He had always liked the tune, he said, and no 、 the 84

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LinCOln had no trouble getting volunteers for the army. People in the North supported the 、 Mar, and everyone thought it 、 vould be over soon. Lincoln believed that to fight a war, the president needed more po 、 Mer than in peacetlme. There are some things the president is not supposed tO do without the approval of Congress. LincoIn went ahead and did them, anyway—he built up the army and spent money on 、 Meapons. He alSO limited freedoms that were set dO 、 in the Constitution. He said that people who threatened the war effort could be sent to prrson without a trial. They didn't even have to be told what their crlme 、 vas. Because the 、、 SO popular, Congress let Lincoln get away with it. The war did not end quickly. On both sides, soldiers died in bloody battles that didn't accom- plish anything. Lincoln's army didn't seem to have a plan for winning the war. People began to wonder if Lincoln was up to the job. The president is the 54

ln 1832 , Lincoln's friends convinced him to run for the lllinois State Legislature. He didn't win, but he came close. ln the meantime, Offutt's store failed, and Lincoln lost his job. Just then, a war broke out bet 、 veen the lllinois settlers and Native Americans. LinCOln JOined the militia. He never actually fought any battles. But he boasted about all the b100d he'd shed—because of the mosquitoes ・ He decided to run for the state legislature again. He could count on support from all his friends in New Salem. But some farmers thought he was Just a town 日 1 。 w who didn't know how to work in the fields. So LincoIn pitched in with the harvest. . 、 .9 3 心勹ィ

lt was unusual for children to be living in the White House. The presidents before Lincoln had only grown-up children. The whole country was lnterested in the luincoln boys. People sent them presents, especially pets. They had a pony and two goats that ran around and destroyed the White House gardens. Sometimes the goats got inside the house. Tad once made a sled out of a chair and had a goat pull him right through the middle of an elegant party ・ Lincoln never scolded the boys or tried t0 make them behave. Neither did Mary. They were allowed tO burst intO the president's office—it didn't matter 59