Lesson Purpose
In this lesson, you will learn a very simple definition of democracy. It was made in a speech by Abraham Lincoln, who was one of our most famous presidents.
Lesson Objectives
When you have completed this lesson, you should be able to explain the meaning of Abraham Lincoln?s definition of democracy.
Lesson Terms
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. Many people think he was one of our best presidents. He helped to keep our country from dividing into two countries during the Civil War. He also helped to end slavery.
Civil War (1861-1865)
elect
Gettysburg Address (1863)
majority
minority
Northern states
of the people, by the people, for the people
slaves
Southern states
Lesson Biographies
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865 CE)
Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. In his Gettysburg Address he declared the aim of preserving a "nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
