Read this passage from helen nicolay’s the boys life of abraham lincoln
abraham lincolns forefathers were pioneers- men who left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the way plain for others to follow them. for one hundred and seventy years, ever since the first american lincoln come from england to massachusetts in 1638, they had been moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in the forest . . back in pennsylvanian and new jersey some of the lincolns had been men of wealth and influence. in kentucky, where the future president was born on february 12, 1809, his parents lived deep poverty. their home was a small log cabin of the rudest kind, and nothing seemed more unlikely than that their child, coming into the world in such humble surroundings, was destined to be the greatest man of his time,
which statement best summarizes the passage?
a. abraham lincoln came from a family of pioneers and was born into circumstances that made it seem unlikely that he would become president.
b. abraham lincoln became a great man who navigate the united states through one of its most difficult events: the civil war.
c. abraham lincolns forefathers left their homes to go to ¨open up the wilderness¨ and clear the way for other settlers to follow them.
d. abraham lincolns humble origins are often exaggerated to reinforce the idea that he embodied the american dream.