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Abe's Honest Words

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word haste mean?

a)

competitiveness

b)

helplessness

c)

quickness

d)

weakness

2.

Which word means almost the SAME as divided?

a)

jagged

b)

faded

c)

damaged

d)

separated

3.

What does the word shattered mean?

a)

destroyed

b)

deserted

c)

shambled

d)

shuffled

4.

What does the word tension mean?

a)

feeling of anxiety or fear

b)

mental or emotional strain

c)

wiliness to yield or surrender

d)

belief about or understanding of something

5.

What does the word opposed mean?

a)

disagreed

b)

offended

c)

positioned

d)

possessed

6.

Which word means almost the SAME as perish?

a)

disappear

b)

disagree

c)

disapprove

d)

dislike

7.

What does the word proclamation mean?

a)

the act of relaxing

b)

firmness of purpose

c)

power to capture attention

d)

an official public announcement

8.
a)

address

b)

haste

c)

proclamation

d)

tension

9.

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

a)

the death of war

b)

the Union soldiers

c)

slaves chained together

d)

the hunters he ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

10.

Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker?

a)

to help people

b)

to end slavery

c)

to give speeches

d)

to become president

11.

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

a)

Seven southern states left the Union.

b)

Southern troops attacked Fort Sumter

c)

Seven southern states joined the Union.

d)

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

12.

Reread this quote from the selection:


"I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in the signing this paper. My whole soul is in it."


What paper was President Lincoln referring to in this quote?

a)

the Constitution

b)

a story from the Bible

c)

the Gettysburg Address

d)

the Emancipation Proclamation

13.

What is the MAIN idea of the Gettysburg Address?

a)

We must help one another.

b)

Our country will only survive when slavery is eliminated.

c)

For those who have died, we must continue to fight for a new freedom.

d)

We must continue to fi ght against those from other countries who threaten our liberties.