Abraham Lincoln History
What was Abraham Lincoln's First Political Party?
What is the Whigs Party?
Who did Lincoln run against for the republican nomination in the election of 1860?
Who are William Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates
What was different about Lincoln's cabinet compared to his predecessors?
What is they were not his friends and partners, but his political rivals.
What was the controversial legislation at the time Lincoln came onto the political scene?
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Slaves had equal rights after Abraham Lincoln freed them.
False
Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
What is Kentucky
Who was Lincoln's "right hand man"
Who is William Henry Seward
Which cabinet member was trying to undermine Lincoln during the 1864 election?
Who is Salmon Chase
What act permanently changed Lincoln's view on slavery?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
False
What is Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech?
What is The Gettysburg Address
Why did Lincoln chose his rivals over his friends to be on his cabinet?
What is because despite them being rivals, they were the best choices for the job.
What was the driving force behind Lincoln's success over his rivals in gaining the Republican nomination in 1860?
What is his ability to keep his rivals close
What document prevented foreign nations from entering the Civil War?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The purpose of the Gettysburg Address: Invoked the principles of human equality, desire for “a new birth of freedom", & the all-important preservation of the Union
True