If... Abraham Lincoln RC PREVIEW

Reading Comprehension Worksheets
for
If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln...

By Ann McGovern
ISBN-10: 0590451545
ISBN-13: 978-0590451543
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p. 8-27
1. Where would you live? in the city on the frontier
2. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
Kentucky Indiana Illinois
3. Where did Abraham Lincoln grow up? Kentucky Indiana Illinois
4. What kind of house would you live in? a log cabin a town house
5. The furniture in Abraham Lincoln's home was from a store. T F
6. People on the frontier made their clothes at home. T F
7. People wore clothes made from deerskin and linen yarn

and wool woven into a cloth. T F
8. People always wore shoes on the frontier. T F

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9. Circle all the ways people got their food.
gathering nuts, berries, and fruit in the woods
hunting rabbit, squirrel, bear, deer, ducks and turkeys in the woods
fishing in the river
from pigs and cows they raised
from their own gardens
at the store
10. Living on the frontier was hard work. T F
11. Boys and girls had to help with the work. T F
12. Circle all the chores girls helped with.
washing cooking chopping wood sewing
spinning plowing making soap weaving
13. Circle all the chores Abe Lincoln did as a child.
planting cooking chopping wood cleaning ashes
getting water plowing picking nuts & berries sewing
14. What did children do with the money they earned?
spent it on toys gave it to their fathers
15. How much did Abe get paid working for other farmers?
25¢ a day $1 a day $25 a day

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p. 28 - 47
1. For fun, people on the frontier had contests. T F
2. Abe Lincoln did not usually do well in contests. T F
3. Boys and girls made their own toys. T F
4. Boys and girls had a lot of time for fun. T F
5. People on the frontier often got together to help

with work. T F
6. Working together wasn't any fun. T F
7. Children on the frontier went to school as much

as children today. T F
8. Abe Lincoln attended school for less than 1 year. T F
9. Students were grouped in different classes according

to their ages. T F
10. 'Blab' schools were free. T F
11. Schoolhouses looked like log cabins. T F
12. How far did Abe Lincoln have to walk to get to school?
across the street 1 mile down the road 4 miles through the woods
13. If you didn't know your lessons, the schoolmaster

made you wear a dunce cap and stand in the corner. T F
14. If you didn't behave, the schoolmaster might strike

you with a switch or a ruler. T F
15. Schoolmasters were well educated. T F

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p. 29 - 47
16. Circle the subjects you would learn in a frontier school.
reading science music spelling art

geography vocabulary history writing math
17. Abe Lincoln was a poor student. T F
18. Paper cost a lot a money so students practiced by

writing with a stick in the dirt or writing on a shovel
with a burnt stick. T F
19. Frontier children had a lot of books to read. T F
20. Abe Lincoln liked to read. T F
21. What were the biggest dangers on the frontier?
_______________ _______________ _______________
24. Traveling on the frontier was hard because there

were no roads or the roads were bad. T F
25. Another way to travel on the frontier was by train. T F
26. Traveling by water was the easiest way to travel. T F

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p. 48-57
1. The village of New Salem was located in Indiana. True False
2. New Salem was a town the had stores and people

that made things made from iron, cabinets, hats, and
shoes, doctors, and a schoolmaster. True False
3. Abe Lincoln worked in a store in New Salem. True False
4. At night, Abe Lincoln slept on the store counter. True False
5. People went to the doctor in New Salem if they got

very sick. True False
6. People usually made their own medicines from plants. True False
7. Abe Lincoln was the postmaster in New Salem. True False
8. To mail a letter you would put it in an envelope and

buy a stamp to put on the envelope. True False
9. Sending two sheets of paper cost just as much to

mail as sending one sheet of paper. True False
10. Abe Lincoln carried letters in his hat. True False

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p. 58-75 Virtual Tour Where Lincoln Walked Springfield, IL
1. Springfield, Illinois was a much bigger town than True False

New Salem.
2. Abraham Lincoln came to Springfield to be a lawyer. True False
3. There were many more stores and craftsmen in True False

Springfield than in New Salem.
4. Springfield had a lot of log cabins. True False
5. In Springfield, people had fun by going to parties, True False

balls, the theater, concerts, and lectures.
6. The circus never came to Springfield. True False
7. People in Springfield traveled in wagons and True False

buggies pulled by horses.
8. Travel by stagecoach was always safe. True False
9. While Lincoln lived in Springfield, the first train True False

came into town.
10. Everybody wore shoes in Springfield. True False
11. In Springfield, Lincoln wore deerskin moccasins True False

and a coonskin cap.
12. Women in Springfield wore linsey-woolsey dresses. True False

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13. In Springfield you could buy many things that True False
used to be made by hand.
14. Machines changed the way people lived. True False
15. Machines made people's work harder. True False
16. Springfield is the capitol of Illinois. True False
17. Springfield changed a lot during the time Lincoln True False
lived there.

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If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln p. 76-79
Changes during Abraham Lincoln's Life
When Lincoln was a boy When Lincoln was a man
Transportation
Communication
Cooking
Cloth
Machines:
Lincoln's Home

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Horses were used Trains were used Lincoln's wife cooked Lincoln's mother cooked
for transportation. for transportation. on a stove. over a fireplace.
Women could by cloth Women made their Men plowed by hand Men had machines to
in a store. own cloth. or using animals. help them farm.
Lincoln lived in the Lincoln lived in a log Messages were sent Messages were sent
White House. cabin.. by stagecoach by telegraph.
Horses were used Trains were used Lincoln's wife cooked Lincoln's mother cooked
for transportation. for transportation. on a stove. over a fireplace.
Women could by cloth Women made their Men plowed by hand Men had machines to
in a store. own cloth. or using animals. help them farm.
Lincoln lived in the Lincoln lived in a log Messages were sent Messages were sent
White House. cabin.. by stagecoach by telegraph.

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If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln...

© TheTeachersDesk.info Page 1 of 10 If...Abraham Lincoln 2-6

1. Where would you live? in the city on the frontier

2. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

Kentucky Indiana Illinois

3. Where did Abraham Lincoln grow up? Kentucky Indiana Illinois

5. The furniture in Abraham Lincoln's home was from a store. T F

6. People on the frontier made their clothes at home. T F

7. People wore clothes made from deerskin and linen yarn

8. People always wore shoes on the frontier. T F

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gathering nuts, berries, and fruit in the woods

fishing in the river

from pigs and cows they raised

from their own gardens

10. Living on the frontier was hard work. T F

11. Boys and girls had to help with the work. T F

12. Circle all the chores girls helped with.

washing cooking chopping wood sewing

spinning plowing making soap weaving

13. Circle all the chores Abe Lincoln did as a child.

planting cooking chopping wood cleaning ashes

getting water plowing picking nuts & berries sewing

14. What did children do with the money they earned?

spent it on toys gave it to their fathers

25¢ a day $1 a day $25 a day

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1. For fun, people on the frontier had contests. T F

2. Abe Lincoln did not usually do well in contests. T F

3. Boys and girls made their own toys. T F

4. Boys and girls had a lot of time for fun. T F

5. People on the frontier often got together to help

6. Working together wasn't any fun. T F

7. Children on the frontier went to school as much

8. Abe Lincoln attended school for less than 1 year. T F

9. Students were grouped in different classes according

10. 'Blab' schools were free. T F

11. Schoolhouses looked like log cabins. T F

13. If you didn't know your lessons, the schoolmaster

14. If you didn't behave, the schoolmaster might strike

15. Schoolmasters were well educated. T F

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16. Circle the subjects you would learn in a frontier school.

reading science music spelling art

17. Abe Lincoln was a poor student. T F

18. Paper cost a lot a money so students practiced by

19. Frontier children had a lot of books to read. T F

20. Abe Lincoln liked to read. T F

21. What were the biggest dangers on the frontier?

_______________ _______________ _______________

24. Traveling on the frontier was hard because there

25. Another way to travel on the frontier was by train. T F

26. Traveling by water was the easiest way to travel. T F

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1. The village of New Salem was located in Indiana. True False

2. New Salem was a town the had stores and people

3. Abe Lincoln worked in a store in New Salem. True False

4. At night, Abe Lincoln slept on the store counter. True False

5. People went to the doctor in New Salem if they got

7. Abe Lincoln was the postmaster in New Salem. True False

8. To mail a letter you would put it in an envelope and

9. Sending two sheets of paper cost just as much to

10. Abe Lincoln carried letters in his hat. True False

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