. . . Guarding Abraham Lincoln (the First Secret Service)
To be Used with the Pinkerton, Detective Learning Activity
A History On-Line Learning Activity by Howard Taylor
 
Questions
Your Answer
1.  Did President-elect Lincoln have the Secret Service to guard him, as President Bush does now?



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2.  How was the President-elect traveling to Washington?




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3.  Allan Pinkerton had received a report about a possible "assassination attempt" on the new President.  Who did he meet that was on the report list?



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4.  What did Allan Pinkerton think about slavery?




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5.  Who did Pinkerton meet that was the ringleader of the plot to assassinate the President-elect?



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6.  When Pinkerton joined the "assassination group", how much money did he give to help their cause?



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7.  What Pennsylvania city did the President-elect have to sneak out from?




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8.  What kind of coat and hat did Lincoln where to disguise himself on the train?



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9.  Pinkerton had men all along the tracks to signal him if there was a problem for the train.  What were the men to use to signal him?



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10.  Only Pinkerton, his men, Abraham Lincoln, and one other person knew about the secret train trip.  Who was the other person?



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