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WorksheetsThe Hunt for Lincoln's Killer Vocabulary /Read 180
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 31mins
Select the meaning of assassin.
Someone who murders a well-known person
Person who commits a crime.
Someone who needs help
To hurt or get back at someone.
Select the correct meaning for Civil War.
To compare to find differences
Suddenly fall down
AKA the War Between the States; North vs. South
the study of how people share news and information
Select the correct meaning for emancipation.
to move our of something
to be set free; equal treatment
used to protect someone or something from harm.
to state how you feel in public and in a confident way
Select the correct meaning for diminish.
To say that you know you did something wrong.
The part of the army that works and fights on horseback.
The act of getting away
Get smaller or decrease.
Select the correct meaning for daring.
To stop for a moment.
Being brave about doing possibly dangerous things.
To tell someone he/she must do something.
Plan to do something or complete a goal.
Select the correct meaning for flee.
Often seen or understood
To run away from something
To recognize something or someone
an organized search for someone
Select the correct meaning for manhunt.
The goal or purpose of a plan or activity
make a sudden, strong move towards someone
An organized search for someone
To tell someone to do something
Select the correct meaning for memorable.
often seen or understood
believed to be important or significant in someone's life
to celebrate something
to run away from something
Select the correct meaning for mourn.
to run away from something
the act of getting away
the part of the army that works and fights on horseback
to feel unhappy and to miss someone
Select the correct meaning for accomplice.
plan to do something to accomplish a goal
not allowed; not permitted
help
person who helps someone commit a crime
Select the correct meaning for sorrow.
Feeling of sadness
to surprise or shock someone
living in a particular place
to say something in response
Select the correct meaning for solemn.
something very serious
to approve or allow something
to say something in response
competing or opposing
Select the correct meaning for steady.
to free someone from someone's else's power
to say someone has done something well
stable, well-balanced
group of southern states that succeeded from the United States
Select the correct meaning for exult.
to celebrate joyfully
to stop for a moment
to recognize someone or something
someone who is avoiding being captured
Select the correct meaning for tyrant.
a long journey
winner
someone who uses power in a cruel and unfair way.
a feeling of excitement or fear when you do not know what will happen next.
Select the correct meaning for victor.
winner
long journey
to stop a conflict because you have been defeated
someone who sees an event and can describe it.
Select the correct meaning for Union.
group of Northern states that fought the South
group of Southern states that fought the North
to catch a person and keep him or her from getting away
not allowed; not permitted
Select the correct meaning for positioned.
a feeling of sadness
to say something in response
placed in a certain position for a specific reason
very serious
Select the correct meaning for startle.
to surprise or shock someone
to stay in the same place as before
the fact of living in a particular place
an attitude that something or someone should be honored
Select the correct meaning for principle.
ship; boat
belief about what is right or wrong that influences actions or behaviors
stable. well-balanced
to stay in the same place as before
Select the correct meaning for praise.
placed in a certain location for a specific reason
to say someone has done something well
to approve or allow something
competing or opposing
Select the correct meaning for surrender.
to get in the way of something
someone who has seen an event and can describe it.
to stop a conflict because you have been defeated
feeling of excitement or when you do not know what will happen next
Select the correct meaning for barred.
to move toward someone or something
filled with extreme emotional or physical pain
to get in the way of something
not allowed; not permitted
Select the correct meaning for block.
help
to get in the way of something
to be okay with something that is challenging or unpleasant
stand on which a dead person's casket sits on
Select the correct meaning for order.
make a sudden strong move towards someone
to celebrate joyfully
to plan to do something or complete a goal
to tell someone he or she must do something
Select the correct meaning for fugitive.
to recognize something or someone
someone who is trying to avoid the police so they are not arrested
to move out of something
the study of how people share news and information
Select the correct meaning for claim.
to free someone from someone else's power
being brave about possibly doing dangerous jobs.
to state that something is true even though other people might believe something else
suddenly fall down
Select the correct meaning for Confederacy.
the study of how people share news and information
group of Southern states that succeeded from the United States
a disagreement between people or groups
reporter for a news organization
Select the correct meaning for defensive.
to catch a person and keep him or her from getting away
stand on which a dead person's casket is placed on
to protect someone or something from harm
someone who murders a well-known person
Select the correct meaning for anguished.
filled with extreme emotional or physical pain
not allowed; not permitted
a person who helps someone commit a crime
to feel unhappy and to miss someon
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Douglas's assassin
Lincoln's assassin
Secretary of State
a general in the Union army
What did Booth do to try and make himself a hero to his people?
assassinate Lincoln
write a new play
fight for the south against the north
fight for the north against the south
The South was in ruins after the Civil War. Who did Booth blame for this?
Maj. Rathbone
John Seward
Abraham Lincoln
April 15, 1865
The name of the theater the Lincolns were at was the
Chevy's Theater
Cadillac's Theater
Ford's Theater
Corvette's Theater
Why did Major Rathbone lunge toward Booth?
Rathbone was one of Booth's hated enemies.
Rathbone was trying to stop the bleeding from Lincoln's wound
Rathbone made an attempt to stop Booth
Rathbone was trying to help Mrs. Lincoln
Where was Lincoln carried to after he was shot?
Ford's Theater
the Lincoln House
the White House
the Petersen House
What did Booth suffer from when he jumped down to the stage?
a broken arm
a broken hip
a broken ankle
a broken leg
How did the audience react to Booth jumping on to the stage?
they laughed
some thought it was part of the play; others were frightened
they clapped to appreciate seeing Booth, the actor
"Thus to all tyrants"
Elizabeth Keckley was ...
a senator from Virginia
dressmaker and friend to Mary Todd Lincoln
Lincoln's secretary of state
Mary Todd Lincoln's friend from Illinois
A wild tempest is...
a mild rain
a snowstorm
a strong storm
a warm day
"Rumors flew thick and fast" (205 Keckley). What does this mean?
Both false and true details were emerging the night Lincoln was shot.
False rumors: details that were not true
True details were being said about the shooting
No details were being said about the shooting.
How did the northerners feel about President Lincoln?
Thought he was responsible for the South being in ruins.
Thought he was responsible for the North being in ruins.
Thought he was a great leader
Thought he was a terrible leader
Why was Elizabeth Keckley visited in the middle of the night?
to ask Keckley to come to the White House to help drape the White House in black
To provide medical assistance to Major Rathbone.
To ask Keckley to cook for the family
To ask Keckley to come to the White House to help Mrs. Lincoln
Who stayed with Mrs. Lincoln the night her husband died?
Mrs. Keckley
Mrs. Welles
Mrs. Grant
Mrs. Seward
What does this quote mean? "Never was man so widely mourned before"
Lincoln was mourned because he loved the theater.
Lincoln was mourned because was a great father to his children and a great husband to his wife.
Lincoln was mourned he was a great leader, a compassionate and caring person.
Lincoln was mourned because he read books all the time and spent many days at the Library of Congress.
What does it mean when a person is solemn?
celebrating joyously
crying so hard they cannot stop
suspicious and angry
quiet and reserved
What is the famous museum in Springfield IL?
Lincon Law Office Museum
The Thomas Jefferson Museum
The Abraham Lincoln Museum
Lincoln Birthplace Museum
In what state did Lincoln practice law?
Missouri
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
What mode of transportation was used to bring Lincoln home to IL?
train
horse and wagon
boat
Model A Ford
When was Lincoln elected president?
1865
1960
1860
1765
Have you learned information about Lincoln, his life and death, and his assassin?
YES
NO
Maybe
Who is Lincoln?
Would you read a book about Abraham Lincoln?
YES
NO
Maybe
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