Kusukela endimeni enikeziwe, khetha izwe uLincoln azalelwa kulo
Context:U-Abraham Lincoln (/ˈlɪŋkən/ LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 <unk> April 15, 1865) wayengummeli waseMelika, usopolitiki kanye nosopolitiki owayekhonza njengomongameli we-16 wase-United States kusukela ngo-1861 kuze kube ukubulawa kwakhe ngo-1865. ULincoln wahola i-Union phakathi neMpi Yombango YaseMelika ukuze avikele isizwe njengenhlangano yomthethosisekelo futhi waphumelela ekuqedeni ubugqila, ekuqiniseni uhulumeni wesifundazwe, nasekwakheni umnotho wase-U.S.  ULincoln wazalelwa ebuphofini endlini eyakhiwe ngezingodo eKentucky futhi wakhulela emngceleni, ikakhulukazi e-Indiana. Wazifundisa futhi waba ngummeli, umholi weqembu lamaWhig, isishayamthetho sase-Illinois, kanye ne-U.S. Congressman evela e-Illinois. Ngo-1849, wabuyela emkhakheni wakhe wezomthetho owawuphumelela enkabeni ye-Illinois. Ngo-1854, wathukuthela ngenxa yoMthetho waseKansas-Nebraska, owawuvula izindawo zobugqila, futhi waphinde wangena kwezombusazwe. Ngokushesha waba umholi weqembu elisha leRepublican Party. Wafinyelela izilaleli zikazwelonke ezimpikiswaneni zomkhankaso weSenate ka-1858 ngokumelene noStephen A. Douglas. ULincoln waba ngumengameli ngo-1860, washanela iNyakatho ukuze anqobe. Amaqembu ayesekela ubugqila eNingizimu ayebheka ukukhethwa kwakhe njengosongo ebugqilini, futhi izifundazwe zaseNingizimu zaqala ukuhlukana nesizwe. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Confederate States of America eyayisanda kwakhiwa yaqala ukuthatha izisekelo zempi zikahulumeni eningizimu. Esikhathini esingaphezu kwenyanga nje ngemva kokuba uLincoln ethathe isikhundla sokuba umongameli, amabutho e - Confederate States ahlasela iFort Sumter, inqaba yase - U.S. eSouth Carolina. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa, uLincoln waqoqa amabutho ukuze acindezele ukuvukela futhi abuyisele inyunyana.
ULincoln wazalelwa esifundazweni saseKentucky