A Glory Over Everything
The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln
Vocab. from both stories
Random Facts
100

The ethnicity of Harriet

What is African American

100

The height of Abraham Lincoln 

What is 6 feet 4 inches

100

The definition of "Defy"

What is to boldly oppose or resist

100

The number of presidents who served before Abraham Lincoln

What is 15

200

The relation between John Tubman and Harriet Tubman

What is Husband and Wife

200

What Lincoln said instead of saying the word there

What is "thar"

200

The definition of "meddled"

What is to intrude or interfere

200

The number of siblings Harriet Tubman had

What is 8

300

The master of the plantation's name

Who is Dr. Thompson

300

The reason Abraham Lincoln looks so stiff in photographs

Back then, cameras required long exposures therefore the person who is being photographed has to freeze

300

The definition of "Abolitionist"

Who is one who advocated (supported) the end of slavery

300

True or False, Abraham Lincoln was the second president to receive a transcontinental telegraph message

What is false, He was the FIRST president to receive one

400

The author of "A Glory Over Everything"

Who is Ann Petry

400

True or False, During the Revolutionary War, Abraham was the most unpopular president the nation had ever known.

What is False, He was not in the Revolutionary War, though he was in the CIVIL WAR

400

The definition of "melancholy"

What is Sad;Depressed

400

The age/around the age of when Harriet Tubman died

What is 93

500

The "vehicle"/mode of transportation the white woman was using when she passed Harriet in the plantation fields

What is a wagon

500

The author of "The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln

Who is Russell Freedman

500

The definition of "patronized"

What is to go to as a customer

500

The date Lincoln was assassinated 

What is April 15, 1865