Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

Why this is the answer

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, in office from 1861 to 1865, and he led the country through the Civil War. USCIS accepts five answers: freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation), saved or preserved the Union, led the United States during the Civil War, 16th president of the United States, and delivered the Gettysburg Address. Any one is enough. The answers fit together once you know the story. When the Southern states tried to leave and form the Confederacy, Lincoln believed their separation was unconstitutional, and he wanted to keep the country whole. That is what "saved the Union" means. In 1863, in the middle of the war, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the enslaved people in the rebelling states free. That November he spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In that speech he asked the living to commit themselves to saving the Union, so that government of the people, by the people, for the people would not perish. On April 14, 1865, soon after his second term began, Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln still shapes the calendar. Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February, honors him together with George Washington, and it falls between their birthdays; Lincoln was born on February 12. This is one of the 20 questions marked with an asterisk, which means it stays on the shorter list for applicants who are 65 or older and have been permanent residents for at least 20 years. If you are in that group, pick one short answer, such as "freed the slaves" or "16th president," and practice saying it aloud. Keep him apart from George Washington, the first president, whom Presidents' Day also honors. Lincoln belongs to the 1800s and to the Civil War.