Multiple choice general knowledge history

What was the cause of death of Abraham Lincoln's mother?

  1. Malaria

  2. Tuberculosis

  3. Milk fever

  4. Yellow fever
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Explanation

Nancy Hanks Lincoln died of milk sickness (also called milk fever) in 1818. This was caused by drinking milk from cows that had eaten the poisonous white snakeroot plant. It was a common cause of death in frontier areas at the time.

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