Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in northern Kentucky. At the time of his birth, Kentucky was part of the western frontier of the U.S. His father was a farmer and at one point was relatively wealthy. However, when young Abraham was only 7 years old, his father lost his land. The family moved to Indiana, where his mother died when he was 9. When he was a young man, Abraham’s family moved to Illinois. Abraham had little formal education growing up. He loved to read, so he educated himself. In Illinois he studied law by reading law books. He became a lawyer in 1837 in Springfield, Illinois.
2. Lincoln’s political career began early, and he served in the state legislature and in the U.S. House of Representatives. Lincoln was a gifted speaker. He won national attention for his speeches against slavery during several debates. This led to his nomination for the presidency, which he won in 1860. President Lincoln’s election angered the Southern states and seven of them announced they would leave the U.S. and form their own government. In 1861, South Carolina troops fired artillery at Fort Sumter, a U.S. military fort. This began the Civil War. The war would be the central feature of Lincoln’s presidency.
3. Lincoln’s goal through the war was to reunite the North, known as the Union, with the South, known as the Confederacy. As commander in chief, he selected the Union generals to lead the Army. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which signaled freedom for the slaves. Lincoln was re-elected in 1864. After four long years, the Union won the Civil War in April 1865. Lincoln’s goal to reunite the country had come true, but he would not live to see it.
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Just six days after the end of the war, on April 15, 1865, President Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth. He was the first American president to be assassinated. Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the greatest American presidents. He calmly lead the country through the most difficult time in its history, the Civil War. He is remembered today for his wisdom, his compassion and his patriotism.
Answer the following questions:
a) What was Lincoln’s education?
b) How was Lincoln’s early political career?
c) What was the reaction to President Lincoln’s election?
d) What was Lincoln’s goal through the war?
e) How did Lincoln prevent slavery from spreading?
f) Lincoln is considered one of the greatest presidents because-
i) he was assasinated six days after the end of the war.
ii) he was a gifted speaker and had won national attention.
iii) he calmly led the country through difficult times in history. iv) he did not live to see his goal to reunite the country come true.
g) Find the word from the passage which means the opposite of ‘unskilled’.
i) gifted ii) served iii) speaker iv) greatest
h) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘large guns used in warfare’.
i) military
ii) artillery
i) Give the noun form of ‘assassinated’.
i) assassinated
ii) assassinate
j) President Lincoln was killed by
i) South Carolina troops
ii) John Wilkes Booth
iii) Union Generals
iv) Commander-in-chief
Answers
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in northern Kentucky. At the time of his birth, Kentucky was part of the western frontier of the U.S. His father was a farmer and at one point was relatively wealthy. However, when young Abraham was only 7 years old, his father lost his land. The family moved to Indiana, where his mother died when he was 9. When he was a young man, Abraham’s family moved to Illinois. Abraham had little formal education growing up. He loved to read, so he educated himself. In Illinois he studied law by reading law books. He became a lawyer in 1837 in Springfield, Illinois.
2. Lincoln’s political career began early, and he served in t
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1.Abraham had little formal education growing up
2.He was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1834, and was reelected in 1836, 1838, 1840 and 1844. ... In addition to his law career, Lincoln continued his involvement in politics, serving in the United States House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.
3.For the most part, states in the South reacted with anger to Lincoln's victory in the election of 1860. The major issue of the 1860 presidential election was slavery. For Southerners, expanding slavery was the critical issue. Slavery was so pressing that the Democratic party put forth two candidates.
4.President Lincoln told a New York newspaper that preserving the Union was his main goal of the Civil War — not abolishing slavery. "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all slaves I would do it," Lincoln said.
5.He vigorously supported the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery throughout the United States, and, in the last speech of his life, he recommended extending the vote to African Americans.
6.Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of enslaved people. His rise from humble beginnings to achieving the highest office in the land is a remarkable story.
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