Abe's Honest Words

What does the word haste mean?

• competitiveness

• helplessness

• quickness

• weakness

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which word means almost the SAME as divided?

• jagged

• faded

• damaged

• separated

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word shattered mean?

• destroyed

• deserted

• shambled

• shuffled

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word opposed mean?

• disagreed

• offended

• positioned

• possessed

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which word means almost the SAME as perish?

• disappear

• disagree

• disapprove

• dislike

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word proclamation mean?

• the act of relaxing

• firmness of purpose

• power to capture attention

• an official public announcement

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What was the “hideous sight” that shattered Abraham Lincoln’s joy?

• the death of war

• the Union soldiers

• slaves chained together

• the hunters he ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker?

• to help people

• to end slavery

• to give speeches

• to become president

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What happened a month before Abraham Lincoln took office as the president?

• Seven southern states left the Union.

• Southern troops attacked Fort Sumter

• Seven southern states joined the Union.

• He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5