Transcript Jeopardy - Abraham Lincoln Database

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Influences Obstacles
Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from
Accomplishments
What did Lincoln
accomplish on November
6th, 1860?
$100 Answer from
Accomplishments
He was elected to be the 16th
president.
$200 Question from
Accomplishments
What order did Lincoln set on January 1st,
1863?
$200 Answer from
Accomplishments
The Emancipation Proclamation
$300 Question from
Accomplishments
What was Lincoln’s first
role in government?
$300 Answer from
Accomplishments
In 1834 he was elected to the Illinois
General Assembly.
$400 Question from
Accomplishments
What was one of the names of
an act the Lincoln passed to
help the common people?
$400 Answer from
Accomplishments
• The Homestead Act
• The Morrill Act
• The National Banking Act
$500 Question from
Accomplishments
In Lincoln’s eyes, what was his
greatest accomplishment?
$500 Answer from
Accomplishments
He saw keeping unity of America
as his greatest accomplishment.
$100 Question from Life
Where was Lincoln born?
$100 Answer from Life
Nolin Creek, Kentucky
in his iconic log cabin.
$200 Question from Life
What activity did
Lincoln hate most as a
child?
$200 Answer from Life
Lincoln hated hunting
so much that after he
tried it once he never
hunted again.
$300 Question from Life
Where did Lincoln get his
resentment of slavery?
$300 Answer from Life
People believe that his
father was against slavery
and that young Abe learned
from him.
$400 Question from Life
Did Lincoln have any children?
$400 Answer from Life
Yes, he had 4 sons, only
one of which, Robert,
would live to adulthood.
$500 Question from Life
Who killed Abraham
Lincoln?
$500 Answer from Life
John Wilkes Booth
$100 Question from Goals
What was Lincoln’s most
important goal?
$100 Answer from Goals
To keep unity of the
Union.
$200 Question from Goals
What goal did Lincoln fail at
the most times but succeed at
in the end?
$200 Answer from Goals
Getting a role in government.
$300 Question from Goals
Why did Lincoln decline to be on the
Illinois Legislature?
$300 Answer from Goals
He was persuading a
different goal of being a
US senator.
$400 Question from Goals
Did Lincoln ever see the true end to
slavery?
$400 Answer from Goals
No, the thirteenth
amendment was passed
after his death.
$500 Question from Goals
How devoted to antislavery ideas was Lincoln?
$500 Answer from Goals
He did not like slavery, here is a
quote by Lincoln, If I could save the
Union without freeing any slave I
would do it, and if I could save it by
freeing all the slaves I would do it;
and if I could save it by freeing
some and leaving others alone I
would also do that.
$100 Question from Influences
Who was one of
Lincoln’s first
inspirations?
$100 Answer from Influences
His father influenced him,
being a man against slavery.
$200 Question from Influences
Who was another one of
Lincoln’s inspirations?
$200 Answer from Influences
Henry Clay was a role model for
Lincoln.
$300 Question from Influences
How did Lincoln gain
support?
$300 Answer from Influences
Lincoln got a lot of support
by helping the common
people.
$400 Question from Influences
What was one of Lincoln’s
most controversial doings in
his time?
$400 Answer from Influences
The Emancipation
Proclamation gained a lot of
support and a lot of refusal.
$500 Question from Influences
What was Lincoln’s most
famous speech?
$500 Answer from Influences
The Gettysburg Adress
$100 Question from Obstacles
What was Lincoln’s first obstacle?
$100 Answer from Obstacles
He was from a common family
so he would have to work his
way up through government.
$200 Question from Obstacles
What obstacles did Lincoln
face in the business world?
$200 Answer from Obstacles
Most businesses Lincoln
started went bankrupt.
$300 Question from Obstacles
What obstacles did Lincoln
face in school?
$300 Answer from Obstacles
Lincoln did not like the school
system and had to rely on
books to learn.
$400 Question from Obstacles
What made it hard Lincoln to fight
the war.
$400 Answer from Obstacles
A divided cabinet, unprepared
generals, and opposing groups, like
the Copperheads.
$500 Question from Obstacles
Why did Lincoln see it necessary to
end the Civil war and reunify the
US.
$500 Answer from Obstacles
He believed America
would not exist today if
he didn’t end the war.
Final Jeopardy
Why is Abraham Lincoln on
the Penny?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Most of what Lincoln did was
for the common people, so it
was appropriate for him to be
on the most common coin.