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Question: Abe Lincoln's life in a bag?

So in Social Studies we have a choice of doing a book review on the biography we had to read (just a normal book report) or what's called a Book In the Bag.. where we have to choose 10 facts from that person's life and turn them into items representing that fact.. I had Abraham Lincoln and since he freed the slaves i would do. say play handcuffs or that he was the 16th president i would do birthday cake number 16.. Well I need 10 facts along with items and that would go good.. I am in 7th grade so nothing too detailed.. but I am in honored 7th grade classes so it is kind of like 8th grade.. but anyway if you give a fact like i said he freed the slaves can you give a year because i can't just say.. "he freed the slaves" when presenting.. everyone knows that.. just help! please no negative comments

Answer: I don't know if you're asking for facts or something to symbolize the facts. I had a couple of artifact ideas but they're not practical. So, I'll just list a few pertinent facts about Lincoln.
You already know he's the 16th President
You know about freeing the slaves. The 13th amendment was what did that, in 1865.

So,

He was a Lawyer, the name of his law firm was Stuart and Lincoln. It was in Springfield.
He took two flatboat trips to New Orleans. One from Indiana, down the Ohio River to the Mississippi, working for a man named Gentry. The other was down the Sangamon River to the Illinois River, then the Mississippi to New Orleans. This is the trip where he first saw New Salem.
He was a captain of a militia company from New Salem in the Black Hawk war. They didn't fight any Indians.
He was the Postmaster of New Salem.
He ran two different stores. The first for Mr. Offutt, the second he ran with a friend named Berry. The second store went bankrupt.
He served in the Illinois General Assembly as one of the Whig party leaders. He was instrumental in getting the state capital moved from Vandalia to Springfield.
He served one term in Congress.
He was the father of four boys: Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas. In his farewell address in Springfield (February 11, 1861) the boy he refers to who was buried was Edward.
His grandfather knew Daniel Boone.
He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln November 4, 1842.

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