Early Life & Politics
Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Seven Southern states formed this new nation before Lincoln’s inauguration.
What is the Confederate States of America (CSA)?
This proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This July 1863 battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Lincoln delivered this 272-word speech on November 19, 1863.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This political party Lincoln joined in 1858 opposed the expansion of slavery.
What is the Republican Party?
The Civil War began after fighting at this fort in April 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
The Emancipation Proclamation did NOT free enslaved people in these states that remained loyal to the Union.
What are the border states?
After emancipation, these two European nations refused to support the Confederacy.
Who are Great Britain and France?
In his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln called for rebuilding the nation “with malice toward none; with charity for all.” This showed his desire for this.
What is reconciliation or lasting peace?
Lincoln strongly opposed this war that began in 1846.
What is the Mexican-American War?
Lincoln suspended this constitutional right during the war.
What is habeas corpus?
Approximately 180,000 formerly enslaved and free Black soldiers joined this army.
What is the Union Army?
This Union general captured Atlanta and marched through the South.
Who is William T. Sherman?
Lincoln was assassinated at this Washington, D.C. theater.
What is Ford’s Theatre?
This 1854 act allowed territories to decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Lincoln’s main goal at the beginning of the war was to do this.
What is preserve the Union?
This amendment officially outlawed slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
After Gettysburg, the Confederate Army never did this again.
What is invade the North?
Lincoln died on this date
What is April 15, 1865?
Lincoln warned the nation with this famous phrase about the country being divided.
What is “A house divided against itself cannot stand”?
Lincoln promised not to interfere with slavery where it already existed in this speech.
What is the First Inaugural Address?
Lincoln justified emancipation using ideas from this founding document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Emancipation Proclamation shifted the war’s purpose to fighting for this principle.
What is freedom and equality?
Lincoln believed this document, more than the Constitution, reflected the Founders’ true vision.
What is the Declaration of Independence?