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 Lincoln, Abraham
| Who was Lincoln's Vice President during his first term? | Abraham Lincoln Fun Facts (daddyralph) |
Hannibal Hamlin. Hamlin, from Maine, was discarded for Johnson, a southerner, when Lincoln ran for re-election.
| Who did Mary Lincoln consider her 'best friend' during the White House years? | Abraham and Mary Lincoln (mrsmarylincoln) |
Elizabeth Keckley. Mrs Keckley was a former slave and Mrs Lincoln's seamstress. She was present when Willie died and helped care for Mary after Abraham's murder.
| While in office, how much was Lincoln's annual presidential salary? | Abraham 'Honest Abe' Lincoln (MisterE76) |
$25,000. May not seem like much now, but I can assure you that was a hefty sum back in the day.
| Which one of the Lincoln children died in the White House? | Abraham and Mary Lincoln (mrsmarylincoln) |
William. Willie died in February 1862 of bilious fever, probably caused by contamination of the White House drinking water.
| Which famous conclusion was how Lincoln ended his Cooper Union speech? | Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (Weehawken) |
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.. The other quotes were from Lincoln's Inaugural addresses and his Gettysburg address.
| Where were Mary Todd Lincoln's first and second choices for burial of her husband? | The Death of Abraham Lincoln (tigey) |
Chicago & Washington D.C.. Mary Todd Lincoln thought that a quiet place on the shore of Lake Michigan might be nice---particularly since Stephen A. Douglas, his old adversary, was also buried there. Another reason might have been because Stephen A. Douglas courted Mary Todd at the same time that Abraham Lincoln did. In her eyes, it was either Chicago or the Rotunda at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. She never wanted him to be buried in Springfield because she had fought and quarreled with just about everybody there and didn't want to set foot in the town again. The town of Springfield won out but Mary Todd Lincoln did not show up for the funeral. She never showed up for any of the 12 funerals as she refused to leave her Washington bed.
I come from Lincoln country and there are lots of stories about Lincoln that have been handed down. It was true that Mary Todd Lincoln was a real terror and that nobody could stand her. One of the stories was about when she chased Lincoln around the block waving a large butcher knife and screaming at the top of her lungs.
| Where was the original location for his speech? | Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (Weehawken) |
Henry Beecher's Church. The original location was set for Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Church. However, it would be moved to Cooper Union. The planners of the event forgot to mention this detail to Lincoln, who did not realize he was speaking at Cooper Union until he arrived in New York.
Lexington, KY. Mary was the 4th child of Robert S Todd and Eliza Parker Todd. Her family were among the founders of Lexington.
| Where did Lincoln die? | Abraham Lincoln Fun Facts (daddyralph) |
Peterson House. He was carried across the street from Ford's Theater to the boarding house, because it was feared he could not survive being transported to the White House.
| Where did Abraham and Mary spend their wedding night? | Abraham and Mary Lincoln (mrsmarylincoln) |
The Globe Tavern- a boarding house. They spent the first year of their marriage at the Globe and their first child Robert was born there.
| When was Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for his first term? | Abraham Lincoln (Weehawken) |
March 4, 1861. Today the inauguration takes place on January 20th, but back then there was a longer stretch before the President Elect was sworn in.
| When was Abraham Lincoln elected president? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
| When was Abraham Lincoln born? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
February 12, 1809. He was born in Kentucky on the 12th of February 1809.
| When did President Lincoln give his famous Gettysburg Address? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
November 19, 1863. A very very short speech, but what an impact it has had on America ever since.
| When did Lincoln get married? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
| What was the name of the woman who was executed as a result of the conspiracy to kill Lincoln? | Abraham Lincoln Fun Facts (daddyralph) |
Mary Surratt. She was the first female executed in the United States.
| What was the main thrust of Lincoln's speech at Cooper Union? | Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (Weehawken) |
The founding fathers believed in restricting slavery.. In a speech Stephen Douglass said, Our fathers, when they framed the Government under which we live, understood this question [slavery] just as well, and even better, than we do now. Douglass went on to say the founding fathers did not believe in restricting slavery. Lincoln was frustrated by this, and one of the main sections of his speech was devoted to showing how the founding fathers did in fact believe in restricting slavery.
| What was the maiden name of Lincoln's wife? | Abraham 'Honest Abe' Lincoln (MisterE76) |
Mary Todd. They married on November 4, 1842.
| What was the first state to secede from the union shortly after Lincoln was elected? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
South Carolina. South Carolina actually seceded roughly a month after Lincoln became president, December 20, 1860.
| What was poured between the lips of President Lincoln three times between the shot and his death? | The Death of Abraham Lincoln (tigey) |
Brandy. And so, the last thing that passed his lips was alcohol---the substance that he avoided all his life. He said it made him feel "flabby and undone". He was beyond any feelings by then though.
| What was Lincoln's profession for most of his life? | Abraham 'Honest Abe' Lincoln (MisterE76) |
Lawyer. Lincoln practiced law from 1836-1861.
| What was Lincoln's first political party? | Abraham Lincoln Fun Facts (daddyralph) |
Whig. He later switched to the Republican party.
| What was Abraham Lincoln's wife's name? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
| What was Abraham Lincoln's father's name? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
| What political party did Lincoln belong to during his presidential term? | Abraham 'Honest Abe' Lincoln (MisterE76) |
| What number was President Lincoln? | Abraham Lincoln (seaninlv) |
| What happened just months before Lincoln gave his speech that caused many in the South to view Republicans as dangerous and radical? | Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (Weehawken) |
John Brown's raid (Harpers Ferry). October 16, 1859, is when John Brown began his raid. The South tried to use the event to paint the Republicans as radical and disturbers of peace. Lincoln even spoke to the event in his speech at Cooper Union saying, "John Brown was no Republican; and you [the South] have failed to implicate a single Republican in his Harpers Ferry enterprise."
| What famous photographer took Lincoln's picture hours before he gave his speech? | Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (Weehawken) |
Matthew Brady. The picture became almost as famous as his speech, and let the public have a visual of Lincoln looking presidential. Lincoln is reported to have said (albeit questionable) "Brady and the Cooper Union speech made me president."
| What did the Lincolns do with any gifts of alcohol sent to the White House? | Abraham and Mary Lincoln (mrsmarylincoln) |
Sent it to the soliders in the hospital. Mary Lincoln spent many hours at the hospitals, nursing the soliders and helping them write letters home. Many did not realize that their nurse was the First Lady until they returned home and saw the letters she had written for them.
| What date were Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd married? | Abraham and Mary Lincoln (mrsmarylincoln) |
November 4, 1842. Abraham and Mary were married Nov 4, 1842 in the parlor of her sister Elizabeth Edwards.
| What date did Lincoln give his speech at Cooper Union? | Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union (Weehawken) |
February 27, 1860. The original date for his speech was November 29, 1859. It would be postponed until February 27, 1860. Some think Lincoln wanted to postpone it so that it would be closer to the Republican Nomination Convention so that he would have some momentum going into it.
The questions for this quiz were in large part derived from Harold Holzer's book "Lincoln At Cooper Union".
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- Neil Diamond graduated from Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School and attended what University for a time?
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- What did John Wilkes Booth trip over as he ran onto the stage after he shot Abraham Lincoln? ( goto )
- Is it true that Abraham Lincoln had his own personal spy in the South during the American Civil War (a man who reported directly to Lincoln and nobody else) and that Lincoln used the information obtained from this man as a means of checking on what his general staff was telling him about the war, and also as a means of deciding if what the general staff was planning made sense in light of what he already knew from his personal spy? ( goto )
- Since 1820, for a very specific reason which of these US presidents is the odd one out and why: James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Warren G Harding, Franklin D Roosevelt and John F Kennedy? ( goto )
- What is the meaning of the expression 'Abraham's Bosom?' ( goto )
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