Vocabulary
To boldly oppose or resist
Defy
True or False: Lincoln's friends said that photographs show Lincoln as he really was.
False:They said the photos did not show Lincoln's "real" personality
True or False: Lincoln liked the nickname "Abe"
False
True or False: Lincoln was highly educated
False: Lincoln did not have a lot of education
What is a biography?
a non fiction text written about a person by someone else
Melancholy
Sad
How did Abraham Lincoln describe himself?
tall and slender
Overall, the author presents Lincoln as:
a. a complex and successful individual
b. someone deeply troubled all his life
c. a man who tried to get away from his past
d. someone who wished for a quiet life
a complex and successful individual
What is ONE sign of greatness (admirable trait) mentioned about Lincoln in the story?
honesty
Which sentence BEST expresses the main idea of the entire selection?
a. Lincoln was a complicated person who accomplished many great things.
b. Lincoln was a poor boy who rose to become president.
a. Lincoln was a complicated person who accomplished many great things.
Listless
Lacking energy
When Lincoln's critics called him a 'stupid baboon', were they talking about his looks? What did they mean?
He was uneducated
When Freedman (the author) says Abraham Lincoln was "a man of many faces," he means that Lincoln
had moods that changed often
Before Lincoln was President, he was a
Lawyer
What main idea does the author support with Lincoln's comment that he joined the Civil War to save the Union?
Ending slavery was not Lincoln's original goal.
Patronize
go as a customer regularly to a place
How tall was Lincoln?
6'4"
Why does the author feel that Lincoln was the greatest humorist to occupy the Presidency
He could make people laugh even during the years of the Civil War
What fact does Freedman use to support his main idea that Lincoln was a "poor boy who made good"?
He was known to wear carpet slippers while greeting diplomats to the White House.
Why does the author say it is difficult for people to imagine the real Lincoln?
He was a complicated and private man.
Denounce
Criticize someone for something
What fact does the author include in this biography to show that one of Lincoln's strengths was a concern for his appearance?
Lincoln purchased two new suits a year
How does the text say that Lincoln fought off his depression?
The text says he used humor as therapy
According to Frederick Douglass, what were Lincoln's two main goals?
To save the Union; to free the slaves
What did Douglas mean when he said Lincoln was to save the country from dismemberment?
save the country from divison