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23 matches to Abraham
Abraham. c2000BC. Old Testament father of Jewish, Arab peoples. Sarah. Hagar.Ishmael.
Booth, John Wilkes. 1838-65. US actor. Shot Lincoln, 1865.
Darby, Abraham. 1678-1717. Iron coking process, 1709.
Douglas, Stephen. 1813-61. US politician. Compromise of 1850. Popular Sovereignty. Lost presidential campaign to Lincoln.
Drinkwater, John. 1882-1937. English dramatist: Abraham Lincoln 1918.
Duquesne, Abraham. 1610-88. French defeat Spanish, Dutch fleets.
Emancipation Proclamation. 1863. Lincoln frees all slaves in Confederacy.
Gettysburg. 1863. Lincoln’s address given to dedicate Civil War cemetery. “Four score and seven years ago...Government of the people, by the people, for the people”.
Hagar. Sarah, Abraham’s wife’s handmaid. Mother of Ishmael.
Hebrews. Original name for Jews. Descendants of Abraham.
Isaac. Old Testament Patriarch. Abraham’s son from whom all Jews descend. Spared from sacrifice.
Ishmael. Abraham and Hagar’s son, from whom all Arabs descend. Midianites.
Jacob. Old Testament. 3rd patriarch of 12 tribes of Israel. Grandson of Abraham. Son of Isaac. God changed name to Israel.
Judaism. Monotheistic religion founded by Abraham, who had covenant with God. Branches include: Orthodox. 19C-. Rigorous adherence to original Jewish Law; Rabbinic. 70-18C. Priest replaced by Rabbi. Sacrifice...Study of Torah. Temple...Synagogue; Reform. 19C. Modern liberal interpretation of Judaism. Hasidism. Mishna. Moses.
Lincoln, Abraham. 1809-65. US Republican president 1861-. Civil War. Gettysburg. Emancipation Proclamation. Assassinated. Booth.
Pinkerton, Allan. 1819-84. Scottish/US founder first US detective agency 1850. Foiled plot vs Lincoln 1861.
Plains of Abraham, Battle. 1759. British defeat French, capture Quebec. New France falls. Wolfe, Montcalm killed.
Republican Party. 1792 Jefferson’s agrarian party. 1820 Whigs. 1854. Anti-slavery party. Lincoln. = Grand Old Party. vs Democratic Party.
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus. 1848-1907. US sculptor. Farragut. Abraham Lincoln (Chicago).
Sarah. Old Testament figure. Abraham’s wife. Isaac’s mother.
Tarbell, Ida. 1857-1944. US Muckraker writer. Life of Abraham Lincoln 1900.
Wade-Davis Bill. 1864. Strict terms for US Reconstruction vetoed by Lincoln.
Whipple, Abraham. 1733-1819. American Revolutionary. Captured 11 British ships 1779.