Lincoln Exhibits

Scavenger Hunt

1. Locate and describe what was in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated.

2. What is the main color of the inaugural bible Lincoln used? Who most recently was inaugurated with this same bible?

3. Who did Lincoln give his draft of the Gettysburg Address to which you can see on display in this exhibit?

4. How many pages of the Gettysburg Address draft are on display at the exhibit?

5. Lincoln’s casket was carried by train from Washington D.C. to where?

6. Find the drawing for the Lincoln Memorial. Who was the architect

7. The “House Divided” speech can be found in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates ______________________?

8. What kind of map did G. Woolworth Colton produce?

9. Locate a list of Lincoln’s office expenses from 1846. What was his biggest expense?

10. Walt Whitman wrote this dirge for the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Published to immediate acclaim in the New York City Saturday Press, "O Captain! My Captain!" was widely anthologized during his lifetime. Locate a copy of the poem. Think about how could you use this to teach across the curriculum? What year is the poem on display dated?

11. Find the rare copies of printed materials in the exhibition that chronicle Abe’s important debates with Stephen A. Douglas during the race for the U.S. Senate seat from Illinois was in what year

12. Locate the ephemera from the 1860 presidential election and Republican Convention, held in Chicago at Lake Street and the Chicago River.

13. Find the notes Lincoln prepared in advance of his debates with Senator __________________

14. What General received a letter of thanks for the capture of Savannah, Ga?

15. How many inaugural addresses are on display?

16. Lincoln had a law partner. What was the name of their law office?