Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 75: “What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?”

Answers listed for the 2008 question (3), next to the 5 above. Compare them before you study from an older list.

• freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
• saved (or preserved) the Union
• led the United States during the Civil War

Background

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation, preserved the Union, and led the country through the Civil War. Lincoln's leadership held the nation together at its most divided moment.

From this site's page for 2008 Question 75.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 94 is one of the 20 questions USCIS marks with an asterisk. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more may study only those 20; the officer asks 10 of them and 6 correct answers pass.

Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.

• “Father of Our Country”answers Question 86: George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.
• Longest economic recession in modern historyanswers Question 103: What was the Great Depression?
• To stop the spread of communismanswers Question 110: Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

More 1800s questions

• Question 91: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.War of 1812 · Mexican-American War · Civil War · Spanish-American War
• Question 92: Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.The Civil War
• Question 93: The Civil War had many important events. Name one.(Battle of) Fort Sumter · Emancipation Proclamation · (Battle of) Vicksburg · (Battle of) Gettysburg · Sherman’s March · (Surrender at) Appomattox · (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg · Lincoln was assassinated.
• Question 95: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?Freed the slaves · Freed slaves in the Confederacy · Freed slaves in the Confederate states · Freed slaves in most Southern states
• Question 96: What U.S. war ended slavery?The Civil War