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1. 1.

   Match the following.

   1. Abraham Lincoln was mostly self-educated because	(a) survived childhood
   2. He became a lawyer and	(b) which eventually led to the freeing of slaves in the USA
   3. Only one of his children, a son (Robert)	(c) to heal the people's wounds inflicted on them by the war
   4. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation	(d) a nation cannot exist half free and half slave
   5. He made sincere efforts	(e) a Republican politician
   6. Abraham Lincoln declared that	(f) he had very little opportunity to attend formal schooling

    

2. 2.

   Describe the social condition of the country when Abraham Lincoln became the President of the United States of America.

3. 3.

   How did he tackle the situation when a Civil War broke out between the Northern and Southern states?

4. 4.

   What did Abraham Lincoln declare in the year 1862?

5. 5.

   According to Lincoln, what is more valuable 'than a dollar found'?

6. 6.

   "Teach him if you can, the wonders of books,..." What does Abraham Lincoln expect the teacher to impart, apart from the bookish knowledge?