Abraham Lincoln

Question 1

What is the title of the story?

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

Who is the author?

Answer 2

Delores Malone

Question 3

Who is the illustrator?

Answer 3

Stephen Costanza

Question 4

What does the illustrator do?

Answer 4

Draw pictures for the story

Question 5

What is the genre?

Answer 5

Informative Text

Question 6

What is an informational text?

Answer 6

• gives facts about real people

- or real places

Question 7

What was the problem at the beginning of the story?

Answer 7

• The map ripped in Ms Grant’s classroom

- Maya and Noah were blaming each other

Question 8

Why did Ms Grant bring up Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 8

She wanted to show how working together helps us solve problems
eg. Abraham Lincoln brought the country together to end the Civil War

Question 9

When was Abraham Lincoln born?

Answer 9

-February 12 1809

Question 10

Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

Answer 10

-Kentucky

Question 11

Describe the house he lived in when he was little

Answer 11

• log cabin

- only one room

Question 12

What was Abraham Lincoln called when he was little

Answer 12

-Abe

Question 13

Where did Abraham Lincoln move in 1816

Answer 13

Indiana

Question 14

How old was Abraham Lincoln when he moved to Indiana

Answer 14

7

Question 15

Where did Abe work when he was 7?

Answer 15

On the family farm

Question 16

What was Abe’s job on the family farm?

Answer 16

• cut wood
• plowed fields
• planted corn

Question 17

What was wood used for?

Answer 17

• cooking
• heat
• building houses/fences

Question 18

What did Abe do on the farm when he had a break?

Answer 18

-read his book

Question 19

Why was Abe called ‘Honest Abe’ by his friends?

Answer 19

• he gave a customer the wrong change

- he walked many miles to give her the right change

Question 20

Where did Abe work when he was a young man?

Answer 20

• a store

- in New Salem Illinois

Question 21

What was Abe’s first profession?

Answer 21

-lawyer

Question 22

When did Abe open a law office?

Answer 22

1837

Question 23

Where did Abe open a law office?

Answer 23

Springfield, Illinois

Question 24

When was Abraham Lincoln elected president?

Answer 24

November 6, 1860

Question 25

What number president was Abe Lincoln?

Answer 25

16th

Question 26

What was the problem in the country at the time that Abraham Lincoln was president?

Answer 26

There was a civil war

Question 27

Why was there a civil war?

Answer 27

The people in the North wanted to end slavery

The people in the South wanted to start their own country and continue slavery

Question 28

What was Abraham Lincoln known as after 1860?

Answer 28

President Lincoln

Question 29

When did the Civil War begin?

Answer 29

April 12, 1861

Question 30

When did the Civil War end?

Answer 30

April 9, 1865

Question 31

About how many years did the Civil War last?

Answer 31

4 years

Question 32

What was President Lincoln’s accomplishment?

Answer 32

• He put the country back together

- ended civil war

Question 33

What was the name that Abraham Lincoln earned after the end of the Civil War?

Answer 33

Americas Great President

Question 34

Give a list of all the names he was known as

Answer 34

• Abraham Lincoln
• Abe
• Honest Abe
• President Lincoln
• America’s Great President
• Mr. Lincoln