Who was the real Abraham Lincoln?

Who was the real Abraham Lincoln?

Multiple Select

Which of the following occurred during the 1840s in America? Check all that apply

• Manifest Destiny

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Mexican War

• The Wilmot Proviso

• The California Gold Rush

Multiple Choice

The publication of this novel in 1852 dramatically heightened the tension between the North and South.

• Huckleberry Finn

• The American Scholar

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Red Badge of Courage

Multiple Choice

What Illinois Senator created the Kansas Nebraska Act 1854?

• John C Calhoun

• Zachary Taylor

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen A Douglas

Multiple Choice

Why was the Kansas Nebraska Act so controversial?

• It allowed popular sovereignty in areas where slavery had been banned

• It forbid slavery in all western territories

• It banned the slave trade but not slavery itself

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the town that was attacked by Proslavers in Kansas in 1856?

• Lexington

• Lawrence

• Freemont

• Vicksburg

Multiple Choice

What radical abolitionist hacked 5 proslavers to death with a sword in Kansas in 1856?

• John Calhoun

• John C Fremont

• John Brown

Multiple Select

Why did Congressmen Preston S Brooks "crack" Charles Sumner's skull with a cane in 1856?

• Sumner insulted Brook's uncle

• Sumner insulted Brook's state

• Sumner made fun of Brooks for being an abolitionist

• Sumner accused Brooks of being a liar.

Multiple Choice

In what famous court case did Chief Justice Roger Taney declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, and declare that slaves were property.?

• Plessy vs Ferguson

• Gibbons vs. Ogden

• Scott vs. Sandford

Who is this?

Multiple Choice

Who is this?

• Roger B Taney

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

The Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858

• Lincoln challenged Douglas for his Senator's seat

• Lincoln - Republican

• Douglas - Democrat

• The two men engaged in 7 debates

What were Lincoln's views on race?

• complicated

• evolving

• "I am not in favor of the equality of the two races." 1858

• However, there is more to the story

Poll

Do you think people can change

• Yes

• No

• not sure

Multiple Select

Lincoln was elected in 1860 and the Civil War began in 1861. What was Lincoln's primary reason for fighting the Civil War against the South?

• To preserve the Union

• to end slavery

• to punish all southern aristocrats

• none of these is correct

Multiple Choice

President Lincoln did not think slavery was wrong?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Lincoln absolutely thought slavery was wrong

• As a lawyer, and someone that held the Constitution in the "highest regard" there was a dilemma.

• The Constitution permitted slavery

• However, make no mistake

• Let no "revisionist" tell you otherwise

• Lincoln was AGAINST SLAVERY

Multiple Choice

For Lincoln, The Civil War was never about ending slavery?

• TRUE

• FALSE

But what about his letter to Horace Greeley during the Civil War? August 1862

• "If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves I would do it."

• "and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it."

• "And if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that..."

Okay, so what's up with the beard?

Why did Lincoln grow one?

Multiple Choice

Why did Lincoln grow a beard?

• because a little girl told him to

• because his wife told him to

• because he hated how he looked

• because Republican Party leaders told him to

October 19, 1860

Springfield, Illinois

Miss. Grace Bedell

My dear little Miss.

Your very agreeable letter of the 15th. is received.

I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters. I have three sons -- one seventeen, one nine, and one seven, years of age. They, with their mother, constitute my whole family.

As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affection if I were to begin it now? Your very sincere well-wisher

A. Lincoln

And he listened to her

Open Ended

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