Abe's Honest Words - Exit Ticket

What does the word tension mean?

• feeling of anxiety or fear

• mental or emotional strain

• wiliness to yield or surrender

• belief about or understanding of something

Which word means almost the SAME as perish?

• disappear

• disapprove

• disagree

• dislike

What does the word shattered mean?

• destroyed

• deserted

• shambled

• shuffled

Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker? (page 247)

• to help people

• to end slavery

• to give speeches

• to become president

On page 255, why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?