Abraham Lincoln
40 Questions About
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Returns
to His Boyhood Home
Families of the Little
Pigeon Creek
Lincoln's Childhood Friend Matthew Gentry
Forty Questions
About Abraham Lincoln
Welcome to Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Here are some questions about our 16th President. Take a few minutes and try your skill at answering them.
1.
Give the day, date, and year of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
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2. In what county and state was Lincoln
born?
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3. What modern Kentucky town has grown up near his birthplace? Click here for answer.
4. Who were the parents of Abraham Lincoln?
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5. How many years did Abraham live in
Kentucky?
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6. Abraham had a sister and a brother;
can you name them?
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7. In what month and year did Abraham
and his family come to Indiana?
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8. Abraham's mother Nancy died October
5, 1818; what caused her death?
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9. How old was Abraham when his mother
died?
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10. Where is his mother buried?
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11. What did Thomas Lincoln do for a living?
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12. What church did Lincoln's parents
belong to in Indiana?
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13. What was the name of Abraham's step-mother?
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14. To what large city and state did Abraham
Lincoln and his friend Allen Gentry embark on their first flatboat trading
trip?
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15. Name Abraham's step-sisters and step-brother.
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16. How many years did Abraham Lincoln
live in Indiana?
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17. To what county and state did the Lincolns
move in 1830?
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18. Where in Illinois did Abraham Lincoln
first live by himself?
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19. In what year did Lincoln become a
lawyer?
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20. What was the maiden name of Lincoln's
wife?
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21. How old was Abraham when he married?
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22. Name Abraham and Mary's four sons.
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23. In what year did Lincoln become President
of the United States?
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24. In the numerical listing of Presidents
of the United States, what number was Lincoln?
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25. When did Lincoln sign the Emancipation
Proclamation?
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26. What national holiday did Lincoln
proclaim in 1863?
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27. On November 19, 1863. Lincoln delivered
his most famous speech. He began this speech with the words "Four score
and seven years ago." What is the name of this famous speech?
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28. Lincoln was elected President two
times. Can you name both of his Vice-Presidents?
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29. Name Lincoln's Secretary of War who
said the immortal words,"And now he belongs to the ages."
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30. On what day of religious significance
was Lincoln assassinated?
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31. What was the date and exact time Abraham
Lincoln died?
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32. Name the place where Lincoln was shot.
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33. What was the full name of Lincoln's
assassin?
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34. What was the name of the town where
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, officially ending the Civil
War?
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35. How old was Abraham Lincoln when he
died?
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36. How old was Abraham Lincoln's one
surviving son, Robert Todd, at the time of his father's death?
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37. True or False: Abraham Lincoln was
the first American President to be assassinated.
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38. Where is Abraham Lincoln buried?
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39. In how many states did Lincoln live?
Name them in the order in which he lived in them.
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40. Name three Midwestern National Parks
that commemorate the life of Abraham Lincoln.
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These are some of the facts about Abraham
Lincoln's life. Facts are important, but what is more important is what
they mean. As you visit Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, ask yourself
other questions, such as why was Abraham Lincoln important to our country,
what made him the great man he became, or in what ways would you like
to be like Lincoln. This park is a good starting point to answer these
questions. Enjoy your visit.
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