Learning On-Line by Howard Taylor

LINCOLN IN COLES COUNTY TRIVIA HUNT

For the "Lincoln in Coles County Virtual Field Trip"

See how many questions you can answer about Abe in Coles County.  You can use the Virtual Field Trip Guide in your notebook, or look and listen for answers on the field trip.   Write your answers on a separate piece of paper.  The most answers answered correctly will receive a prize.

1. When did the Thomas Lincoln travel into Coles County for the first time?   March of 1830
2. Where did the three families initially cross into Coles County?  Near present-day Westfield
3. Where is the Ford (Embarrass River) crossing where the Lincolns and others crossed over?  McCann's Ford where the old bridge is on rte. 130, at the Lake Charleston entrance
4. Who were the other two families that came into Illinois with the Thomas Lincolns?  The Halls and the Hanks
5. Where did the families end up settling after entering into Illinois?  Decatur or Macon County, Illinois
6. Why did Thomas Lincoln and others return to Coles County?   A very hard winter in Macon County, and were actually on the way back to Indiana, but settled in Coles County
7. The Shiloh Cemetery has an interesting history.  Who are buried there that was important to Abraham Lincoln?  Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln
8. Who else was buried in Shiloh in 1851, that were not important historically, and do not have gravestones?  A group of pioneer adults and children who died from the Asian Cholera

9. The Old Charleston Cemetery has gravestones marking important people of Lincoln's life.  Who were they, and how were they related to Lincoln?  Dennis and Elizabeth Hanks (cousin and step-sister) and Harriet Chapman, Dennis' daughter)

10. At the Old Cemetery, another person just got a new marker from the Federal Government.  Who was he, and what is his fame in life?  A soldier killed on the courthouse lawn by Copperheads in the riot?
11. Lincoln Log Cabin Historical Site is also called another name.  What is that name?  Are the cabins and other structures original to Thomas and Sarah Lincoln?   Goosenest Farm;  no, but were built by the WPA in the 1930's; the well is the original dug well
12. How many farm sites did Thomas Lincoln own in Coles County?  4
13. Abraham Lincoln came to Charleston many times to practice his profession.  What was his profession?  What case trial, originating from the Oakland area brought national attention?  lawyer;  Matson Slave Trial
14. Dr. Rutherford, from Oakland, was an activist in what area of concern?   Abolitionist--fought slavery
15. Dr. Rutherford and a friend got involved in a legal matter involving the case trial from question #13.  What was the friend's name, and what did these two do with the denfendants?  Gideon Ashmore;  Ashmore and Rutherford had the defendants jailed for their protection
16. Who the name of the defendants in this lawsuit?   Who was the plaintiff?  When did this case-trial occur? The Bryant family from Kentucky;  Robert Matson; 1847
17. Who was the lawyer (for the defendant?  Usher Linder 
18. Who was the lawyer for the plaintiff?  Abraham Lincoln
19. Which side won this case?   Usher Linder for the defendant
20. What happened to the defendants after the trial ended?  Were freed and later sent to Liberia
21. Abraham Lincoln would return to Charleston in 1858 for a special occasion.  What was this occasion?  When and where was it held?  Lincoln-Douglas Debate for the U.S. Senator election;  at the Coles County fairgrounds
22. Where did he spend the night before before joining a parade entrance into Charleston the next day?  Essex House at Mattoon
23. Where did he spend the night after the event, before returning to Charleston?  Thomas Marshall House on Jackson St.
24. Abe Lincoln ran for the U.S. Senate in 1858.  Who won that election?  Stephen Douglas, Democrat
25. What did Abraham Lincoln say about "equality of blacks" in his Charleston Debate?  He didn't think there could be equality
26. How many people were estimated to be present for the Debate?  10,000-20,000
27. Was Stephen Douglas' wife present with him during the Debate?  yes
28. How long did each speaker get to talk during the Debate?  Was the crowd allowed to clap, yell, and laugh at the comments?  They took turns at each debate starting with 60 minutes, then the second speaker 90 minutes, and then the first speaker again for 30 minutes, for a rebuttal
29. Did Abraham Lincoln's family ever come with him to visit the Lincolns and other relatives in Charleston?  No
30. Dennis Friend Hanks was a popular Lincoln speaker in the late 19th century.  Who was Dennis Hanks?   a second cousin of Abraham and was with him from birth throughout the arrival in Illinois
31. What did he do for living in Charleston?  was a shoe cobbler and later business man on the square
32. Did he ever get to visit President Abraham Lincoln in the White House?  If he did, what was the occasion of the visit? Yes, to get the lives of killed soldiers on the Square from the riot with the Copperheads. They were pardoned
33. Why was there a riot on the square during the Civil War?  Who was involved in this riot?  Union soldiers had returned home and had a confrontation with "Copperhead radicals" on the square.  Copperheads were politically friendly with the Confederacy and the issue of slavery.
34. A Colonel in the Illinois Militia "mustered" the troops in Mattoon in 1861.  What was his name?  What would be his fame in later life?  U. S. Grant; commander of Union forces in the final year of the Civil War; received Lee's surrender at Appomatix Courthouse; later elected President
35. Abraham Lincoln was called the Rail-Splitter candidate when running for President in 1860.  Who went to Chicago and carried rails into the National Convention, and started Abe's nickname tradition?  Dennis and John Hanks
36. Did Abraham Lincoln get to see his father in the final months before he died (1851)?  No
37. Who is Tildy Moore?  How was she related to Abraham Lincoln?  Sarah Bush Lincoln's daughter, and step-sister of Abraham.
38. When President Abraham Lincoln came to Coles County after becoming President-Elect, where did he go while here, and what did he do?  Down to Farmington to see his step-mother at Tildy Moore's house before leaving for Washington D.C.; a dinner was held for the President-Elect
39. How did the President-Elect get to Charleston for the visit as President-Elect?  Did he have a large group of towns-people or the national press present to report on his visit?  Why?  He came by train secretly because he didn't want security problems.  No press was present.
40. Was Sarah Bush Lincoln alive when her step-son was assassinated?  What did she think about his future when he was elected President?  Yes;  she had a premonition that he would lose his life in this great office.