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A TRAVELING EXHIBITION TO AMERICAN LIBRARIES
LINCOLN
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR
DIVIDED
Are We A Single Nation?
BOUND
Can Slavery Be Uprooted?
DISSENT
Must Civil Liberties Give Way?
Lincoln Exhibit Extra Credit
Visit at Centerville Library, 111 W. Spring Valley Road, April 20-May 31 during open library hours
Name___________________________________Grade______ Teacher Name______________________ School______________________
Search the Lincoln Exhibit to find the answers to the following questions. Grades 1-5: answer questions 1-5. Grades 6-8: answer questions 1-10. Grades 9-12: answer
questions 1-15. In order to receive extra credit, you must bring the completed sheet to the Centerville Library’s Children’s Desk to be stamped before returning it to your
social studies teacher.
1.
In what year did Lincoln get elected for his first term as president?
a. 1855
b. 1860
c. 1865
d. 1864
2. Which war took place during Lincoln’s presidency?
a. The Vietnam War
b. World War I
c. World War II
d. The Civil War
3.
Lincoln’s trademark “stovepipe” hat was useful for ______________________.
a. storing notes
b. being noticed
c. hiding tissues
d. keeping his head warm
4. Before Lincoln became a politician, he was a(n) _________________.
a. engineer
b. lawyer
c. doctor
d. writer
5. The Gettysburg Address, quite possibly the most famous American speech to date, was given by President Lincoln in
Gettysburg, _______________.
a. New York
b. Virginia
c. Illinois
d. Pennsylvania
6. Which state was the first to secede from the United States?
a. South Dakota
b. North Dakota
c. South Carolina
d. North Carolina
7. Why did Lincoln not use his family’s Bible for his swearing-in at his inauguration?
a. Presidents aren’t allowed to use their own Bibles.
b. Lincoln wanted to use a special one that he had been given as a gift.
c. It was packed with Lincoln’s family’s belongings that were traveling from Springfield.
d. He did not need a Bible for his swearing-in.
8. On the bloodiest day of the war, nearly __________ men died.
a. 5,000
b. 6,000
c. 7,000
d. 8,000
9. To whom did General Lee surrender on April 9, 1865?
a. General Grant
b. General Patton
c. President Lincoln
d. the nation
10. Because enthusiasm for the war was fading, in 1863 Congress established the first ___________.
a. amendment
b. pep rally
c. town hall meeting
d. national draft
11. Which of these is NOT one of the peace terms that Lincoln discussed with Confederate Vice President
Alexander Stephens?
a. All hostilities must end.
b. National authority under the Constitution must be recognized by all the states.
c. The southern states must agree to never secede again.
d. The South must accept fully the U.S. government’s actions to end slavery.
12. On January 1, 1863 President Lincoln signed ______________________.
a. The Declaration of Independence
b. The Emancipation Proclamation
c. The Constitution
d. The Bill of Rights
13. The ____ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist
within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
a. 13th
b. 14th
c. 15th
d. 16th
14. Many Americans wondered if their liberties were being lost when President Lincoln __________.
a. was inaugurated
b. suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus
c. died
d. met with Alexander Stephens
15. Which of these phrases was part of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
a. “We the people…”
b. “I have a dream…”
c. “Four score and seven years ago…”
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Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, a traveling exhibit for libraries, was organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library
Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center located in Philadelphia.