Abraham Lincoln - A Portrait in Grief

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1). John Wilkes Booth was a southern sympathizer.

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2). The Civil War ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 14, 1861.  

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3). As a boy, Lincoln watched his mother die and then helped his father bury her.  

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4). Mrs. Lincoln was often known to hold séances at the White House after their son Willie died.

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5). Lincoln was not a traditional enlightenment thinking deist.

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6). In Lincoln’s last speech he made a statement that African Americans should have the right to vote.

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7). Lincoln was a student of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin.

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8). Lincoln was not personally affected at all by the Civil War

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9). Booth was not that familiar with Ford’s Theatre.

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10). Lincoln is typically remembered as the President who “freed the slaves”.     

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11). Mary Todd would throw lavish balls at the most inappropriate times.  

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12). Lincoln’s life was a very articulated portrait that was framed in grief and loss.

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13). Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson were both enlightenment thinkers.

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14). Lincoln was known to be a hard line fundamentalist Christian.  

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15). Lincoln’s casket traveled 2000 miles back to Chicago, Illinois where he was buried  

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16). Write a short paper not less than 500 words about what you have learned regarding Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s mutual experiences in grief and loss.    

 

 

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