Abraham Lincoln Jeopardy Board

Early Life

• 100 — The state where Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.
• 200 — Lincoln grew up in a log cabin and was mostly self-educated, teaching himself by reading this famous book, among others.
• 300 — Before becoming president, Lincoln worked this legal profession in Illinois.
• 400 — Lincoln served in the legislature of this state before becoming a U.S. Congressman.
• 500 — Lincoln earned this nickname because of his reputation for being honest and straightforward with people.

The Civil War

• 100 — The Civil War was fought between the Union (the North) and this group of Southern states.
• 200 — The main issue dividing the North and South that led to the Civil War.
• 300 — Lincoln served as the commander-in-chief during the Civil War, which began in this year.
• 400 — This general was appointed by Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory.
• 500 — The Civil War ended in April of this year, just days before Lincoln was assassinated.

The Emancipation Proclamation

• 100 — Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be this.
• 200 — The Emancipation Proclamation was an order issued by Lincoln using his powers as this — the head of the executive branch.
• 300 — Although the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states, it did not immediately free those in these states that had stayed in the Union.
• 400 — The Emancipation Proclamation changed the main goal of the Civil War to include ending this practice in addition to preserving the Union.
• 500 — This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1865, permanently abolished slavery throughout the entire United States.

Lincoln as President

• 100 — Lincoln was the first president from this political party, formed in the 1850s.
• 200 — Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States in this year.
• 300 — Lincoln delivered this famous speech in 1863 at the dedication of a military cemetery in Pennsylvania.
• 400 — In his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln described the U.S. government as one 'of the people, by the people, for the people,' which refers to this idea.
• 500 — Lincoln's main goal at the start of the Civil War was to preserve this — keeping the country together as one nation.

Lincoln's Legacy

• 100 — Lincoln was assassinated at this famous theater in Washington, D.C., in 1865.
• 200 — This man shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865.
• 300 — After Lincoln's death, this vice president took over as president of the United States.
• 400 — Lincoln's face appears on this U.S. coin that is worth one cent.
• 500 — Lincoln is remembered for helping to reunite the country after the Civil War and for helping to end this system that had forced millions of African Americans into labor without pay.