• A: ability, abolition, absorb, accepting, accomplishment, accountability, acknowledge, active, activism, admiration, advice, advise, advocacy, aggressive, aid, altruism, amiable, amicable, appeal, appreciation, arrangement, articulate, asset, aspiration, assassination, assumption, attentive, attitude, audience, authority, awe
• B: behavior, belief, bold, bond, brave, bridge
• C: career, cause, celebration, chance, challenge, change, chaos, character, charismatic, charm, citizen, civility, clout, coherent, commitment, common ground, common-sense, communicative, community, compassion, complication, comprehension, compromising, confidence, conflict, Congress, conscientious, conservative, consideration, constant, contradiction, control, cooperation, cordiality, counsel, courage, COURAGEOUS, courteous, critic, critical, criticism, culture, curiosity
• D: daring, debate, decent, decisive, deed, defeat, definition, demonstrate, desperate, determination, devote, devotion, difference, dignity, diligent, diplomatic, DISCIPLINE, discouragement, discreet, disregard, dream, dynamic, dynamism
• E: earnest, efficiency, effort, encouragement, energetic, enthusiastic, ensure, equality, esteemed, essential, estimable, ethical, evaluation, eventual, evil, expectant, expectation, experience
• F: FAIRNESS, faith, famous, flexible, forbid, focus, forgiving, forsake, forte, fortitude, freedom, friendship
• G: galvanize, generation, generosity, genial, genius, genteel, genuine, gift, grace, gratitude, greatness, guidance
• H: hard work, harmony, hatred, healing, helpful, hero, history, holiday, homage, HONESTY, honor, honorable, hopeful, humble, humility
• I: idealistic, ideology, illuminate, impact, impartial, impending, impression, improvements, industrious, influential, information, initiate, innovative, inspirational, insightful, interest, instinctive, instructive, INTEGRITY, intention, intense, intricate, intuitive, investigative, ire, irrefutable, issues
• J: judgment, just(ice)
• K: kindred, kinship
• L: legendary, legislate, legitimacy, listener, loyalty
• M: manumission, mastery, measure, merit, meritorious, modesty, modulation, morale, motivation, mutual
• N: national, natural, needs, noble
• O: observance, open-minded, optimism, orator, order, outspoken
• P: PATIENCE, patient, patriot, patriotism, peacemaker, perceptive, peril, perseverance, persistence, personal, personable, persuasive, polarization, polite, popular, potent, potential, powerful, praise, precedent, prejudice, pressure, privilege, priorities, principled, principles, profile, proper, proposal, provide, provocative, public, purposeful
• Q: qualifications, quality, quiescent, quest, quick
• R: rational, rationale, reality, reasonable, recognition, reconcile, record, relief, reflective, reform, regard, relationship, RELIANCE, reliant, relief, remorse, repressive, rescue, resilience, RESPECT, respectful, resourcefulness, respectful, resolute, responsible, RESPONSIBILITY, responsive, restoration, restraint, reticence, revelation, reverent, rights, rigorous, role
• S: sacrifice, sage, sagacious, security, segregation, sensible, sensitive, service, setback, sharing, shock, skill, sincerity, slavery, sober, solemn, solitary, soul, special, speculation, spirit, spotlight, staunchness, strive, stumble, subdue, success, successful, suffering, supportive, sympathetic
• T: tactful, talent, teamwork, temperament, tenacious, tendency, thankful, thoughtfulness, TOLERANCE, tolerant, tone, tradition, trait, TRUSTWORTHY, truthful
• U: ultimate, upheaval, understanding, understatement, unification, unique, united, unity, unprecedented, unpretentious, upright, upstanding, useful
• V: valiant, values, veracious, veracity, versatile, vex, victory, vigilant, vigorous, violence, virtuous, visible, vision, vocal, voice, vulnerable
• W: war, warm, watchful, willingness, wisdom, wise, woes, worrier, worthwhile, worthy
• X: (e)xcellence
• Y: yearning, yielding
• Z: zeal, zealous
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• 1. Complete research to explain four reasons why Abraham Lincoln and/or George Washington have earned such renown in America.
  
• 2. Name four specific contributions to the reputation of early America that Abraham Lincoln and/or George Washington made. Why did you choose these examples from so many possibilities? Give supporting facts.
  
• 3. How did both presidents get involved in government and how did their role help develop a united nation?
  
• 4. When did President's Day become a holiday? What criteria were used to decide on these two men? Do you think they deserve this recognition? Why?

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