PART ONE:
Complete
the "Lincoln Lawyer Trivia Questions"
You will use the
ALO Photo Website about Lincoln's Law Career to find the
answers.
Read each article with the photo to figure out the answer. Click
the
blue link button to go to the correct link for the answer. Write
your
answers on a piece of paper.
- 1. When did Abe become a member of the Illinois Bar?
How did he learn to be lawyer? Click
Here for the answer
- 2.
What is the "bar exam" and how was it given in the mid 19th century in
Illinois?
Click Here for
the answer
- 3.
What was the "Circuit" that Abe and many other lawyers would
travel on during the year? How long would a circuit tour
last? How did Abe travel on the circuit?
Click
Here for the answer
- 4.
What big Illinois corporation did Abe work for as a lawyer? Click
Here to check Amy
Yaeger's article about Lincoln and a railroad (on the Illinois Periodicals
Online Project Site)
- 5. Did
Abe ever defend a slave owner? Who was the owner, and where did
this case occur? Click
Here to read about this case
- 6.
Isham Reavis wanted some good advice from Lincoln at New Salem on
becoming
a lawyer. He talked about how to Study the Law. Tell in your own words what Lincoln told Isham about
concerning
how to study.
- 7.
Robert B. Rutledge described Abe, the law student. Something
happened
to Abe after he started studying law. Tell
in
your own words how much Lincoln likes studying law.
- 8. Fellow lawyer and partner in Springfield, Billy
Herndon,
described Abe's routine in the law office.
What
often happened after he would return from lunch at 2:00? Tell us
in
your own words why you think Abe had this happen so often.
- 9.
When did
Judge Nathanial Pope allow Abraham Lincoln to practice before the
Federal
Court for the first time? (Date needed)
- 10. In 1842, Abraham Lincoln was the first to do
something in the
new State Capitol Library. What did
he do,
and did he use his own name?
- 11. Also in
the new library , Abe would gather with his fellow lawyers and do
something,
very typical of the future president. What
did
he do?
- 12. How
many cases did Abraham Lincoln and his law firm have before the
Illinois Supreme
Court in the
new State Capitol ?
- 13. How many Illinois counties
were in the 8th Circuit in 1849?, (where Abraham served?) Read
this to find the answer.
- 14.
Name the counties of Illinois in the 8th Circuit. Did Abe
practice cases outside of the 8th Circuit, such as in Coles
County? Use the same link
to find the answer.
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