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1、AbrahamLincoln,anInfluentialPresidentintheAmericanHistoryName:李亚君Number:AbrahamLincoln,anInfluentialPresidentintheAmericanHistoryTheUnitedStatesofAmericaisacountrywithapresidentsystem.ThepresidentofUSAisnotonlyheadofthestateandthegovernment,butalsoadministrativede
2、partmentsofthesupremeleaderandarmycommander,usuallycalledMr.President.Thereare44presidentsinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.AbrahamLincolnisthe16thonewhomaintainedtheunityofthenationandabolishedtheslaverythatinfluencedthenationmuch.HeisthefirstRepublicanpresidentandal
3、sorankedamongthegreatestpresidentrankedfirst.USAonceheldapollin2005--"thegreatestAmericans",LincolnwaselectedAmericafigureofsecond.Heisoneofthemostpopularpresidents.OnFebruary12,1809,AbrahamLincolnwasborninapoorfamilyinHardinCountyinKentuckyprefecture.Hisparentsar
4、edescendantsofBritishimmigrants,takingfarmingandhunting.Whenhewasyoung,hehelpedthefamilymovefirewood,water,dofarmworkandsoon.In1816,Lincoln'sfamilymovedtoIndianaSouthwest.Athisageof9,hismotherdiedwhowasjust36yearsold.Secondyears,hisfathermarriedakindnessandenlight
5、enedwomannamedSarahBush,andthefamilylivedhappily.Becauseofpoverty,hiseducationdegreewasn'thigh.Inordertoearnmoney,hewasaferryworkerontheOhioRiverandaplantationworkerwhenhewasyoung.Lincolnisamanwholovesreading.Athisyoungage,hereadallthewritingsofShakespeareand"Amer
6、icanhistory",alsoreadlotsofbooksabouthistoryandliterature.Hebecamealearnedandwisdommanthroughself-study.Heranforstatesenatorthatmeantheembarkedonapoliticalroadsince1832.Finallyhewaselectedpresidentin1860.Inthe28years,hehasundergonealotofdifficultiesthatnormalpeopl
7、ecannotimagine.Eightelections,eightvotedout,twicefailedinbusiness,andevenoncementalcollapse,manytimes,hecouldgiveup,buthedidn't.Justbecauseofnotgivingup,hebecameoneofthegreatestpresidentsinthehistoryofAmerica.TheteacheroftherevolutionMarxhighlyevaluatedLincoln,"he
8、isamanwhowillnotbescaredbydifficulties,nottoconfuseforsuccess,herefusetobecowedorsubmittohisgreatgoal,butneveractrashlyandblindly,hesteadilyforward,andn
