2025 civics test · Question 94 · 1800s
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.
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
- 16th president of the United States
- Delivered the Gettysburg Address
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 2025 civics test, the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions out loud and you pass by answering 12 correctly. You answer in your own words. There is no multiple choice and nothing to write down for the civics portion.
Related questions
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- 90 What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
- 91 Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
- 92 Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- 93 The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
- 95 What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- 96 What U.S. war ended slavery?