Who is on our money?

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president.  He is on 5 dollar the bill.

Born: 1809

Died:1865

Abraham Lincoln was the president during the American Civil War.  The Civil War was fought between the northern states and the southern states over slavery.  The North did not want the United States to have slaves because it was an unfair and cruel practice.  The South wanted slaves because slaves did all of the labor on the plantations .  In Abraham Lincoln's "Getttysburg Address" he freed all of the slaves in the southern states.  He was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.

Fun Fact:  Lincoln was 6 feet 4 inches tall.  He was the tallest president.