Abraham Lincoln Life and Legacy Trivia Quiz
Abraham Lincoln trivia follows his rise from Midwestern lawyer and politician to wartime president and enduring national figure. The questions cover campaign debates, slavery and emancipation, Civil War leadership, major speeches, assassination, burial, and memorialization.
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Ken | 12 / 12 | 1:22 |
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Gordon | 12 / 12 | 1:26 |
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Rick | 11 / 12 | 1:24 |
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What This Quiz Covers
The quiz covers Lincoln's Midwestern political career, a celebrated Senate campaign, wartime policy on slavery, battlefield oratory, Union military leadership, his final theater visit, burial site, and Washington memorial.
Trivia Study Guide ›
- Which document did Lincoln issue as a wartime measure against slavery in rebelling states?
- Which play was Lincoln watching on the night he was shot?
- At which Washington venue was Lincoln attending a performance when he was assassinated?
- At which Springfield cemetery is Abraham Lincoln buried?
- Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln shortly after the Civil War was effectively ending?
- Which political party nominated Lincoln for president before his election in 1860?
- Which Lincoln speech begins with the words "Four score and seven years ago"?
- Which state became Abraham Lincoln's political home before he entered the White House?
- Whom did Lincoln face in a famous series of U.S. Senate campaign debates?
- How many formal debates did Lincoln and Douglas hold during their 1858 Senate campaign?
- Which pair of Lincoln speeches is engraved inside his memorial in Washington?
- Which general did Lincoln appoint as overall commander of Union armies in 1864?
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