Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of Abraham Lincoln

1. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in what state?

Illinois

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky

Georgia

2. Lincoln worked on the family farm until he took up what occupation at 17?

Orator

Ferryboater

Lawyer

Senator

President

3. In terms of superlatives, Lincoln stands out as what?

The oldest president

The thinnest president

The tallest president

The youngest president

The smartest president

4. Lincoln eventually served his country as commander-in-chief, but he served in which war as a soldier?

Black Hawk War

War of 1812

Buckeye War

Snowpea War

Seminole War

5. After the dissolution of the Whig Party, Lincoln became a member of what new party?

Free Soiler

Progressive

New Whig

Democratic

Republican

6. Who was Lincoln debating when he famously said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand?"

Stephen A. Douglas

Dred Scott

William Seward

John C. Calhoun

Jefferson Davis

7. Two years after the start of the Civil War, Lincoln signed what document?

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Thirteenth Amendment

The Bill of Rights

The Writ of Habeas Corpus

The War Act

8. Between Lincoln's election and his inauguration, how many states seceded from the Union?

None

One

Five

Seven

Fifteen

9. Lincoln spoke the following on what battlefield? "...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Antietam

Sharpsburg

Shiloh

Gettysburg

Fredericksburg

10. One of our most celebrated presidents, Lincoln was assassinated just five days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered. Who delivered the fatal shot?

Lewis Powell

Samuel Mudd

John Wilkes Booth

William Seward

Edwin Booth