Finally, Lincoln found a brilliant general to lead his army: Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was willing to fight. He had already won important victories, such as the Battle of Vicksburg, which gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. But Grant reali...
As the war neared the end of its second year, more than one hundred battles had been fought, with many thousands of men wounded and killed. And still, neither side was winning. In the North, it became harder and harder to find men who were willing to...
Lincoln was in trouble before he even took office. The slave states hated him. Almost no one in the South had voted for him. As soon as the news came of his election, seven states seceded from the Union. They said they were no longer part of the Unit...
Once again Lincoln asked Douglas to debate him. This time, Douglas had to accept. In 1858, seven debates were held in different towns all over Illinois. The main issue was slavery. People poured in from neighboring states to listen. The whole country...
What brought Lincoln back to politics was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. For a long time, Americans had been arguing about slavery. Should it be legal? And if so, where? In 1820, Missouri had become a state. Slavery was legal there. At that time, C...
In 1837, Lincoln moved to Springfield, the new state capital. Springfield was still a frontier town with log cabins. Pigs ran loose on the dirt roads. But it was the biggest place Lincoln had ever lived in. It even had a bookstore. He worked at a fri...
Abraham Lincoln knew he didnt want to be a farmer like his father. But he didnt know what he did want to do. So when he was twenty-one, he decided to leave home and find out. He was hired to help sail flatboats loaded with supplies down the Sangamon...
The man who is often called Americas greatest president was born on February 12, 1809, in a crude log cabin in Kentucky. Eighteen feet long and sixteen feet wide, it had a dirt floor and no windows. LOG CABIN CABIN INTERIOR ONE ROOM PLUS A LOFT His f...
Dinner is on me. Please order whatever you like. 晚饭我请客，请随便点你喜欢的。 图片1...
谈恋爱别嫉妒 Keep a gratitude journal 记录让你感恩的事 Jealousy stems from an inherent belief of lack and scarcity, and a feeling of fear and threat. 嫉妒来源于缺少和稀有的固有观念，以及担心感和威胁感。 When we...
