A Journey Across America pgs. 70-71

In what year did abolitionists and anti-slavery politicians band together to form a new political party?

• 5

• 8

• 4

• 1

In 1854 abolitionists and anti-slavery politicians band together to form a new political party, known as the .​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   .

• Republican
• Party
• Democratic
• Reppublican
• Lincoln
• Group

The Republican Party was founded to specifically ​ ​ (a)   the spread of slavery.

• oppose
• support

The Republican Party still exists today.

• true

• false

There have been ​ (a)   Republican presidents.

• 19
• 50
• 2
• 46
• 0

Match the following

• Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois

• Abraham Lincoln

• He became the face of the Republican Party; he was from Illinois

• Stephen Douglas

• The first Republican presidential candidate; he was from California

• Captain John C. Fremont

Abraham Lincoln was raised in a tiny, one-room log cabin in _______.

• Kentucky

• Tennessee

• Illinois

• Missouri

Lincoln was raised on the frontier doing hard work first in Kentucky, then ______, and finally Illinois.

• Indiana

• Ohio

• Michigan

• Wisconsin

Lincoln spent many extra hours at school learning to read and write.

• True

• False

Lincoln managed to spend time teaching himself to read and write. He eventually became a country ​ (a)   .

• lawyer
• doctor
• veterinarian
• policeman
• school teacher