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Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Dec 19, 2015

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Page 2: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

What hats did Lincoln wear?

• Student• Farmer

• Rail Splitter• Land Surveyor

• Boat Hand• Store Clerk• Postmaster

• Inventor• State and National

Representative• Lawyer• Soldier

• Speech Writer• United States

President

Page 4: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Farmer…

• Began farming in Indiana

• Worked the

family farm• Planted and

plowed corn

Page 5: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Rail Splitter…

• 1st nick name “the rail-splitter”

• Very strong• Hard working

• Known for his ability to split logs for

fences

Page 6: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Land Surveyor…

• Surveyed and measured land for different farmers and businesses

• Learned to survey in six weeks

• Was paid $3.00 a day

• Title was Deputy Surveyor

Page 7: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Boat Hand…

• Became a boat hand during his early twenties

• Traveled down the Mississippi,

Ohio, and Sangamon Rivers• Built his own

Flatboat

Page 8: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Store Clerk…

• Ran and owned 2 different general

stores• Became known as

“Honest Abe” by returning money

that he over charged a customer.

Page 9: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Postmaster…

• Was the Postmaster of the New Salem Post

Office• Delivered the

mail by horseback

• Traveled across the country side

to deliver the mail

Page 10: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

Inventor…

• Invented a method used to

allow riverboats to get themselves unstuck on the

river• Used on

submarines today

Page 11: Hats Off to Lincoln. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National.

State and National Representative…

• Was elected to the Illinois General

Assembly in 1832• A member of the

Whig Party• Was elected to the

U.S. House of Representatives in

1846• Served one term

from 1847-1849

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Speech Writer…

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Future….