Abraham Lincoln
Test Quiz
1. Abraham Lincoln was the _______ President of the United States.
a. Sixteenth
b. Seventeenth
c. Eighteenth
d. Nineteenth
e. Twentieth
2. Who was Abraham Lincoln's wife?
a. Lucretia Rudolph
b. Mary Todd
c. Eliza McCardle
d. Julia Dent
e. Lucy Ware Webb
3. Who was the Vice President of the United States under Abraham Lincoln?
a. William Wheeler
b. Chester A. Arthur
c. Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson
d. Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson
e. None
4. What was Abraham Lincoln's nickname?
a. Unconditional Surrender
b. His Fraudulency
c. Preacher President
d. Honest Abe
e. The Veto President
5. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
a. North Carolina
b. Ohio
c. Virginia
d. New York
e. Kentucky
6. What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
a. Democratic Party
b. Whig Party
c. Libertarian Party
d. Republican Party
e. Federalist Party
7. What war took place while Abraham Lincoln was president?
a. War of 1812
b. American Civil War
c. French Revolution
d. Mexican-American War
e. Spanish-American War
8. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. An order by President Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate states
b. A declaration of war by the North against the South
c. A famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln about the evils of slavery
d. An executive order that drafted over 600,000 men into the U.S. Army
e. A document that declared the country of the Confederate States of America
9. What famous speech of Abraham Lincoln's was only a few minutes long, but is considered one of the great speeches in U.S. history?
a. Lincoln's Inauguration speech
b. Emancipation Proclamation
c. Appomattox Address
d. The Speech at the Ford Theatre
e. Gettysburg Address
10. Who was John Wilkes Booth?
a. The top general in the Union Army
b. Lincoln's Vice President
c. The Secretary of State for Abraham Lincoln
d. The man who shot Abraham Lincoln
e. Abraham Lincoln's butler
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