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Quick Check Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to the White House

Name Date
Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Why did young Abe have little 3. What is an emancipator?

formal education?
A a person who helps
A He did not want to walk to free people
to school.
B a person who is simple
B He never learned how and humble
to read or write.
C a person who has dignity
C His father wanted him and humility
to help with chores.
D a person who speaks clearly
D His mother discouraged and powerfully
him from learning.
4. What caused Lincoln to take over
2. What was a major cause most of the war planning for the
of the U.S. Civil War? North during the Civil War?
A Abraham Lincoln being A the death of General
elected as president of McClellan
the United States.
B the surrender of Fort Sumpter
B Jefferson Davis taking office C the North won few victories
as president of the United
States. D all of the above
C Stephen Douglas being 5. What are civil rights?
elected to the Senate. A rights people have
D The creation of the to have slaves
Republican Party. B rights people have to
separate from their country
C rights people have based
on a nation’s constitution
D rights people have to create
war against their country

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Quick Check (continued) Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to the White House
Name
6. From the information in the book,
you can tell that from childhood
Abe Lincoln .
A had a drive to learn
B wanted to be president
C wanted to explore the West
D wanted to give speeches
to large groups of people
7. What was the major difference
between Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen Douglas?
A Stephen Douglas believed
in civil rights for all people.
B Stephen Douglas was elected
to be senator from Illinois.
C Abraham Lincoln wanted
to be president of the
United States.
D Abraham Lincoln believed
that all people in the North
and South should be free.
8. What is mentioned as a personal
tragedy suffered by Lincoln?
A the death of his mother
B the death of his son Eddie
C the death of his son Willie
D all of the above
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9. Which amendment to the U.S.
Constitution prohibits slavery?
A the Fifth Amendment
B the Eighth Amendment
C the Twelfth Amendment
D the Thirteenth Amendment
10. Who was the president of the
Confederate States of America?
A Jefferson Davis
B Abraham Lincoln
C Stephen Douglas
D Ulysses S. Grant
11. Extended Response: What do
you think went through Lincoln’s
mind when he saw black people
held in pens and sold at an
auction in New Orleans?
12. Extended Response: What do
you think would have happened
if Stephen Douglas had been
elected president in 1860 instead
of Abraham Lincoln?
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Quick Check Answer Sheet Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to the White House
Main Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details

1. C Cause and Effect

2. A Cause and Effect

3. A Vocabulary

4. C Cause and Effect

5. C Vocabulary

6. A Main Idea and Details

7. D Compare and Contrast

8. D Main Idea and Details

9. D Main Idea and Details

10. A Main Idea and Details

11. Answers will vary but would

likely explain the following:
Lincoln was probably was
shocked, puzzled, and angry
over the way the people were
being treated.
12. Answers will vary but should
include the following idea: the
Southern states would likely have
been pleased with Douglas’s
election and not voted to secede,
there would not have been a
Civil War, and black people
would not have been freed
until much later in U.S. history.

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