Name
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Abraham Lincoln
Sixteenth President of the United States
Born 1809 - Died 1865
1.
Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
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2. What did he use for a
textbook when learning to read?
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3. How did he prepare
himself to become a lawyer?
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4. What helpful lesson
did he learn when he was working as a
postmaster?
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5. What useful lesson
did he learn when he worked as a surveyor?
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6. What were Lincoln's
main goal during the Civil War?
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7. What is the
Emancipation Proclamation and how did it affect
slaves? How did it affect their owners?
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8. How old was
Lincoln when he died, and how did he die?
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Biography at gardenofpraise.com _