Reading a Timeline
Name:
Use the timeline to answer the questions.
A n s w e r s
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
A
1.
Lincoln visits Ford’s Theater
Lincoln does work for
Lincoln marries
3
Lincoln is elected the 16th
where he is assassinated by John
hire. Such as plowing
2.
Mary Todd.
president of the United States.
Wilkes Booth.
& planting.
1842
1860
1865
1824
1860
3.
1800
1850
1900
1824
4.
Lincoln is elected to the
Lincoln isses the Emancipation
Abraham Lincoln is born.
100
5.
state legislature.
Proclamation, freeing all slaves.
1809
1834
1863
1809
6.
1834
7.
1) Which happened earlier? A. Lincoln gets married or B. Lincoln becomes president
A
Yes
2) How many years after Lincoln was president did he free the slaves?
3
8.
3) What year was Lincoln elected President?
1860
Use Line
9.
4) What year did Lincoln work for hire?
1824
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10.
5) What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
100
6) What year was Lincoln born?
1809
7) What year did Lincoln get elected to legislature?
1834
8) Lincoln’s parents were married in 1806. Could you put this event on the timeline above? ( Yes / No )
9) What is this timeline about?
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
10) Where was Lincoln assassinated at?
Ford’s Theater
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