第一PPT,‘control4Fellow-CitizensoftheUnitedStates:IncompliancewithacustomasoldastheGovernmentitself,IappearbeforeyoutoaddressyoubrieflyandtotakeinyourpresencetheoathprescribedbytheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatestobetakenbythePresidentbeforeheentersontheexecutionofthisoffice.“Idonotconsideritnecessaryatpresentformetodiscussthosemattersofadministrationaboutwhichthereisnospecialanxietyorexcitement.ApprehensionseemstoexistamongthepeopleoftheSouthernStatesthatbytheaccessionofaRepublicanAdministrationtheirpropertyandtheirpeaceandpersonalsecurityaretobeendangered…5SixweeksafterbecomingPresident,theCivilWarbegan.11statesclaimedthattheywereindependentandsetup.Inthiswar,theNorthernstates(whichstayedintheUnion)foughttheSouthernstates(calledtheConfederacy).TheCivilWarlastedfrom1861until18656LincolnproclaimedHomesteadActandTheEmancipationProclamationin1962.In1963,therewerefiveimportantbattleswhichturnedthewar.In1965,UnitedstatesofAmericacapturedConfederatestatesofAmeicaUncleTom‘sCabinisananti-slaverynovelbyAmericanauthorHarrietBeecherStowe.Publishedin1852,thenovel“helpedlaythegroundworkfortheCivilWar”.ThesentimentalnoveldepictstherealityofslaverywhilealsoassertingthatChristianlovecanovercomesomethingasdestructiveasenslavementoffellowhumanbeings7TheGettysburgAddressGettysburg,PennsylvaniaNovember19,1863Fourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforthuponthiscontinent,anewnation,conceivedinLiberty,anddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.Nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar,testingwhetherthatnation,oranynationsoconceivedandsodedicated,canlongendure.Wearemetonagreatbattle-fieldofthatwar.Wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalrestingplaceforthosewhoheregavetheirlives.Thatnationmightlive.Itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis.8But,inalargersense,wecannotdedicate,wecannotconsecrate,wecannothallowthisground.Thebravemen,livinganddead,whostruggledhere,haveconsecratedit,faraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetract.Theworldwilllittlenote,norlongrememberwhatwesayhere,butitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere.Itisforustheliving,rather,tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.Itisratherforustobeherededicatedtothegreattaskremainingbeforeus-thatfromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotionto-thatcauseforwhichtheygavethelastfullmeasureofdevotion-thatweherehighlyresolve-thatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvain-thatthisnation,underGod,shallhaveanewbirthoffreedom-andthatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,andforthepeople,shallnotperishfromtheearth.Lincolnwaselectedtobepresidentagainin1864.deathHowever,hewaskilledbyJoghwilkesBooth,afamousactor,atFord’sTheatrewhilewatchingaplaywithhiswifein1865.9YoucanseethegunthatJohnWilkesBoothusedtokillthepresidentinthemuseumatFord'sTheatretoday.YoucanalsoseetheclothesPresidentLincolnworethenighthewaskilled.1011OnAugust23,1963,thefamousblackcivilrightsleaderreverendMartinLutherKingJr.madeafamousspeechIhaveadreamonthestepsofthememorialhalleast.12HistoriansregardWashingtonasthefatherofthenation,Lincolnforthesaviorofthecountry.ThethirdMondayinFebruary,isthe“President'sday”intheUnitedStates,tocommemoratethesetwogreatleaders.ThetestFreerideThelawyer1314Botharetall,thinmenwithbigears.BothsettledinthestateofIllinoisasyoungmen.Bothbecamelawyers.TheyeachservedintheIllinoisstatelegislaturebeforeservingonetermintheUnitedStatesCongress.Bothareknownfortheirexcellentwritingandspeakingskills.BarackObamahascalledLincolnhisfavoritepresidentandhisidolorhero.Mr.ObamaannouncedhiscandidacyforpresidentoftheUnitedStatesonAbrahamLincoln'sbirthdayinfrontoftheOldStateCapitolBuildinginSpringfield,Illinois.ThisiswherePresidentLincolngaveafamousspeechin1858.PresidentObamatooktheoathofofficeinJanuaryontheBiblethatAbrahamLincolnownedandusedathisfirstinauguration.第一PPT,!