2008 civics test · Question 75 · 1800s
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
One of the 20 questions for the 65/20 special consideration
Any one of these answers is accepted
- freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
- saved (or preserved) the Union
- led the United States during the Civil War
What this means
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things, and naming one answers the question:
- Freed the slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation
- Saved (or preserved) the Union during the Civil War
- Led the United States during the Civil War
- Was the 16th president of the United States
Lincoln was president during the country’s hardest test, the Civil War. He held the nation together and set in motion the end of slavery before he was assassinated in 1865.
The 2008 test asks “one important thing that Lincoln did,” and the 2025 test asks what he is “famous for.” The answers are the same.
A strong answer is “he freed the slaves” or “he saved the Union.”
Why this is on the test
Abraham Lincoln is one of the most important presidents in American history, and both tests ask you to name something he is famous for.
How this question is asked
On the 2008 civics test, the officer asks up to 10 of the 100 questions out loud and you pass by answering 6 correctly. You answer in your own words. There is no multiple choice and nothing to write down for the civics portion.
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- 73 Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- 74 Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
- 76 What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- 77 What did Susan B. Anthony do?