Booth thought what he'd done was noble and heroic. However, all over the nation, people mourned the dead president. Clocks were stopped tO mark the moment Of his death. Millions came to Washington, D. C. , to pay their respects. Then Lincoln's bOdy 、 vas put on a special train back tO Springfield. That was where he would be buried. His son Willie's coffin was dug up and traveled ニ三三 ン一三三

、 restored, the VOters elected Lincoln tO a second terr 第 .. By the beginning of 1865 , the end of the war was finally in sight. On March 25 , Grant's army captured Richmond. Then he cornered the troops of General Robert E. Lee, the leader of the Confederate army. Lee had no choice. On April 9 , he surrendered his army tO Grant at . Appomattox, Virginia. For all practical purposes, the Civil War 、 over.

Refusing to be discouraged, Lincoln challenged Douglas for his seat in the Senate. The lllinois Republicans nominated him unammously. His acceptance speech 、 based on a quotatlon 伝 om the BibIe. The phrase became one Of his favorites: "A house divided against itself cannot stand. ” The United States, he said, could not contlnue as half-free and half-slave. JAMIES BUCHANAN Either slavery would end, or it 、 Mould take over the 、 country. Or the country would be destroyed. 40

WhO Was Abraham 0 ? April 11 , 1865. After four terrible years, the American Civil ・ War—the war between the North and the South—•、 Mas almost over. 、 6 、 it 、 clear that the North would win. President Abraham Lincoln had fought the war to prevent the rebel South from leaving the Union. He wanted the country tO stay 0 〃ど country—the ・ United States Of House, the the White 、 Mindow Of From the America. 1 the big crowd ぞ・ addressed president

OPInion on cases, because 、 Mhat he said 、 always SO funny. But his oplnlons 、 vere alSO very intelligent. Soon people began coming to Lincoln for legal advice. Lincoln didn't just impress people in town. Some rough farm boys called the Clary's Grove gang had heard about Lincoln—the young man everyone 、 vas pralslng SO much. They 、 Manted tO take him down a peg ・ So they challenged him to a wrestling match. ・ We don't know whether Lincoln won or lost. But the way he took on the whole gang won the boys over. They became his friends and 10 メ al supporters, too.

{ D 盟に k DOUGLASS REPERICK POUGLASS WAS A SLAVE WHO ESCAPEV AS A YO MAM. H E BECAME AN INSP 旧 - ING LECTURER ANP AUTHOR. ワ oue し A99 BELIEVEP IN FREEPOM ANP EQUALITY FOR A しし PEOPLE, INCLUPING WOMEN. HE ワ NO T ALWAYS SUPPORT し 00 し N. HE BELIEVEP し N00 し N WAS MUCH T00 CAu 刊 0u9 ABOUT ENPING SLAVERY. AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, POUGLASS BEGAN TO THINK BETTER OF THE PRES IPEN T. ONCE THEY MET ′ HE WAS 00M - PLE TELY Ⅳ 02 OVER. ワ ou€し A99 SA ーワ し 00 し N TREATEP HIM EXACTLY AS HE Ⅳ ou しク HAVE TREATEP ANY MAN, PESPITE THE VIFFERENCE THEIR SKIN 00 し OR. 1

Chapter 5 Mr. President Once again Lincoln asked Douglas to debate him. This time, Douglas had to accept. ln 1858 , seven debates 、 Mere held in different tO 、 vns all over lllinois. The mam rssue was slavery. PeopIe poured in from neighboring states to listen. The whole country followed the Lincoln-Douglas debates in the newspapers. Reporters wrote down every word each man said. Lincoln and Douglas made comical opponents. Douglas was short, round, and dignified. His nick- name 、 Mas "The Little Giant ” because he dressed elegantly and had a rich, deep voice. Lincoln was tall, thin, and awkward. He still dressed like a farmer, and had a high, thin voice. Douglas traveled tO the debates ln a prlvate carriage. 41

Chapter 9 The War WO ln 1864 , Lincoln's first term as president was coming tO an end. There was supposed tO be an election in N ・ ovember. But 、 Mas it possible tO hOld an election during a CiVil 、 Lincoln's advisers suggested putting it Off until the 、、 over. He refused. 。。石 cannot have free government without elections," he explained. So a campaign began, although people in the rebel states would not be voting ・ Lincoln's opponent was George McClellan, the general who wouldn't fight. ln his speeches, McClellan hinted that he would be willing to compromlse tO end the 、 h•,nar. Lincoln 、 vas not at all sure he would win the election. Many Americans were fed up with the 、ötar. They 、 vere ready tO VOte for anyone 、 MhO 80

Mary. They thought she showed 0 圧 People 、 vhispered mean rumors. Some even said She 、 a Confederate spy. After all, she had brothers and sisters 、 MhO sided with the South. The rumors 、 completely unfair. Mary may have been and irritating, but she was always loyal to her husband and tO the ・ Union. Anyone 、 MhO was Lincoln's enemy 、 her enemy, too—even her 0 、 brother. But she was so unpopular that some people actually said maybe Willie's death wasn't all bad. lt might stop Mary 伝 om making a 応 ol of herself in public. Lincoln 、 as brokenhearted over WiIIie's death as Mary. Sometimes he hid in hiS roor れ SO he could weep ln peace. But after the first day, he never broke dO 、 in public.

boat got stuck on a dam in front Of the town Of New Salem in central lllinois. lt began filling with water. Lincoln and the Others onboard couldn't free it. Suddenly Lincoln had a brilliant idea. He bored a hole in the front of the boat and shifted all the supplies to that end. The boat tipped toward the hOle and all the water ran out until the boat 、 vas high enough to go over the dam. Denton Offutt, the boat's 0 、 Mner, 、 Mas SO impressed that he offered to put Lincoln in business. He decided to build a store in New Salem. LinCOln 、 vould manage it. NE ` SALEYL New Salem was a small village. But to Lincoln it seemed large and bustling. The store was a place 14