Young Abe
Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
A log cabin in Kentucky
Where did Lincoln begin his law career?
Springfield, Illinois
What was the nickname for the group of people who wanted to end slavery?
Abolitionists
True or False: Abraham Lincoln saw a spider in the White House and didn't kill it
True
What did Lincoln's mother die of?
Milk Sickness
Lincoln had a series of famous debates with this man
Stephen A Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this famous book that dramatized the horror of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What was the nickname of the war between the North and the South?
The Civil War or the War Between the States
How many years was Abraham Lincoln president?
4 years
What was Abraham Lincoln's favorite hobby?
Reading
Who was Abraham Lincoln's wife?
Mary Todd Lincoln
Open war broke out in this territory as both pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers tried to claim the area.
Kansas
What famous speech started with "Four score and seven years ago"?
The Gettysburg Address
True or false: Abraham Lincoln had a pet goat at the White House.
True
Where did Lincoln move to when he was seven years old?
Indiana
How many children did Mary and Lincoln have?
Four
This Supreme Court decision declared that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property and could not be citizens.
Dred Scott
What did Abraham Lincoln write to free enslaved people?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln made a flatboat trip carrying goods to New Orleans. What did Lincoln see in New Orleans that he would never forget?
Slave auctions
Lincoln served one single term in which branch of the US Congress?
The House of Representatives
When Lincoln was elected this state seceded from the Union first as it feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery.
South Carolina
Abraham Lincoln was known for being very tall. How tall was he?
About 6 feet 4 inches