OtterKnow Kids Encyclopedia

Abraham Lincoln became president and helped end slavery so that all people could be free! During a very difficult war called the Civil War, he kept the country from breaking apart. He worked with other important leaders to keep the United States together as one country. He gave powerful speeches about fairness and freedom that helped people believe in a better future!

• Abraham Lincoln was six feet four inches tall, making him the tallest president ever!
• He loved to wear a big black stovepipe hat and sometimes kept important papers inside it.
• You can see his face on the penny and the five-dollar bill.
• There is a giant statue of him sitting in a chair at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.!