Which of the following statements describe Lincoln's life?
"I am a Berliner."
"Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
"I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that was all."
Born in Texas in 1890, brought up in Abilene, Kansas, he was the third of seven sons. He excelled in sports in high school, and received an appointment to West Point. Stationed in Texas as a second lieutenant, he met Mamie Geneva Doud, whom he married in 1916.
In his early Army career, he excelled in staff assignments, serving under Generals John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, and Walter Krueger. After Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called him to Washington for a war plans assignment. He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942; on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France.
Did Abraham Lincoln and his wife have children?
No.
Yes, I suppose so.
No idea.
Where was Lincoln buried?
In Washington D.C.
In New York City.
In Chicago.
In Springfield, IL.
In Springfield, MO.
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Declaration in 1863. What did this mean?
It freed the slaves in the North.
It allowed the slaves to move north.
It freed the slaves, most of whom lived in the slave states of the South.
It ended the Civil War.
What were the causes of the Civil War?
Just slavery.
Industry versus agriculture.
Free labor versus slave labor.
Different causes: Slavery, ways of life and the question of states' rights.
How many people died in the Civil War (1861-1865) ?
About 60,000.
About 6,000.
Just 6 soldiers.
Over 600,000.
Was President Lincoln reelected ?
No idea.
Twice.
Yes, on November 8, 1864.
When did the Civil War begin, when did it end?
It is still going on.
1860 -1866
1861 -1865
1914 -1918
What were the advantages of the North in the Civil War?
Just better guns.
Better people.
More territory, more friends and allies, more horses and a better rail system.
More people, more factories, more railways and more cash.
What was Lincoln's main goal in that war?
To free all the slaves in the slave states.
To attack and conquer the South in order to expand the United States territory.
To promote the settlement of the West.
To keep the Union together and to end the spread of slavery to the new states in the West.
Why is Abraham Lincoln still regarded as the greatest among the American presidents?
He was tall.
He was a millionaire.
People liked him because he often helped them.
He first of all saved the Union.
Which of the following quotations is by Lincoln?
I have no prejudice against the Southern people.
I hate all Southerners!
I have always liked slavery!
We must fight the Southern terrorists!
Carefully read the Gettysburg Address and say why it is so famous.
It was too difficult to understand for me.
Lincoln honors the dead, both from the North and the South, and gives a definition of a democratic nation or democracy in general.