Childhood Years
In which state was Abraham Lincoln born?
Kentucky
True or False. Abraham once worked as a store clerk.
True
In what year did Abraham Lincoln become president?
What is 1860?
In what building was President Lincoln shot?
What is Ford's Theater?
In what year was Abraham Lincoln born?
1809
What was Abraham's nickname and how did he get it?
Honest Abe: He once walked six miles to return six cents to a customer who had overpaid.
How did Abraham Lincoln feel about expanding slavery to the new Western States?
He said that slavery could exist in states where it already was, but he did not want it expanded.
Who shot Lincoln?
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
When Abe was a boy, he moved with his family to what state?
Indiana
True or False: Abraham worked on a flatboat that carried hogs and corn down South.
True
Who was, according to some people, "America's Greatest President"?
Baberham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln)
Who stabbed William Henry Seward on the night Lincoln was assassinated?
Who is Lewis Powell?
Which close family member died when he was a young boy?
His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln
What war started when Abe Lincoln was president?
What is the American Civil War?
True or False: After Lincoln was shot, he immediately died.
False
What was Abraham's favorite hobby?
Reading
Before Abe ran for president, he ran for___________
What is Congress?
What document that Lincoln wrote symbolically freed the slaves?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
In what city in Illinois is Lincoln buried?
What is Springfield?