Abraham Lincoln

Abe grew up in a ______ _____ house.

• big mansion

• little cottage

• log cabin

• old castle

Abraham Lincoln became the _____ president.

• 1st
• 3rd
• 20th
• 16th

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When he was older, he became a _____.

• doctor
• lawyer
• teacher
• farmer

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Abraham Lincoln signed the _______________________, an order that freed all the slaves in the southern states.

• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• US Constitution
• Anti-Slavery Act

Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________.

• Lee Harvey Oswald
• John Wilkes Booth
• Mark David Chapman
• Sirhan Sirhan

Who did Lincoln debate when he was running for the Senate?

• Robert E. Lee

• James Buchanan

• Donald Trump Sr.

• Steven Douglas

Some Northern abolitionists criticised Lincoln because?

• He continued the war

• He allowed some states to continue slavery if they did not leave the Union

• He used black soldiers

• He was a slave owner

What was President Abraham Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?

• end slavery

• preserve the Union (keep the county together)

Lincoln's controversial war-time decision to keep Confederate sympathizers in jail until the war was over.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• suspending free speech

• suspension of habeas corpus

Before forming the Republican Party, Lincoln belonged to the Whig Party. What can you infer about the Whigs' platform?

• It appealed mostly to Illinois voters.

• It was against the Civil War.

• It was similar to the modern Democratic platform.

• It was not strongly anti-slavery.