Early life
Abraham Lincoln's family lived in this state until Abraham was 7 years of age.
Kentucky
She was Lincoln's troubled wife, who was involuntarily institutionalized by her own son.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Lincoln was this age when he first ran for public office
23 (state legislature; he lost)
On this battlefield, Lincoln gave a 272-word speech speech beginning, "Fourscore and seven years ago..."
Gettysburg
The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The day Abraham Lincoln was born
February 12, 1809
He was Abraham Lincoln's closest friend / business partner / roommate
Joshua Speed
He was perhaps Lincoln's greatest political nemesis, and two fiercely and famously held seven debates leading up to the 1858 election for the U.S. Senate
Stephen Douglas
This executive order, signed on January 1 1863, freed 3.5 million slaves in the South
Emancipation Proclamation
This phrase was shouted by the murderer after shooting Lincoln.
"Sic semper tyrannis" (Latin for "Thus always to tyrants")
At age 22, Lincoln moved to Illinois and enlisted a year later as a volunteer to fight in this war.
Black Hawk War
Abe often used this as a receptacle for notes, letters, etc.
His stovepipe top hat
Lincoln unsuccessfully ran for this office in 1856
Vice-president of the United States
Lincoln was the first president to have this physical feature
A beard
The conspirators planned to also kill these other Union leaders.
Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William H. Seward
Despite almost no formal education, Abraham Lincoln began this profession in Springfield, Illinois in 1836.
Law
She was (possibly) Abe's first love interest, whose death in 1835 sent him into a deep depression lasting for months
Ann Rutledge
This was Lincoln's first political appointment
Illinois House of Representatives
Lincoln won the presidential elections of these two years
1860 and 1864
The name of the play at which Lincoln was assassinated
Our American Cousin
Young Abraham often participated in this sport
Wrestling
Lincoln's son Willie died of this disease in 1862, prompting Abe to say "My poor boy. He was too good for this earth. God has called him home. I know that he is much better off in heaven, but then we loved him so much. It is hard, hard to have him die!"
Typhoid fever
This was the year of Lincoln's first public declaration against slavery
1837
Newly elected President Lincoln refused to fire upon Confederate soldiers besieging this fort; when the Confederates fired, the Civil War began.
Fort Sumter
The final resting place of Abraham Lincoln
Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois