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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the 12th President of the United States?
2. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
3. What is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
4. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?
5. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Lincoln argue regarding free labor in the South, as described in Chapter 4?
2. When and why did the Republican Party emerge in the 1850s? How did Lincoln fit in with the Republicans?
3. What was Lincoln's political involvement during the late 1840s? What notable speech did Lincoln give at this time?
4. What laws prevented equality between states of the North and South, as discussed in Chapter 1?
5. Who was John C. Fremont? What relationship did Fremont have with Lincoln?
6. What contact with slavery did Lincoln have in his youth, as discussed in Chapter 1?
7. What does the author relate of Lincoln's early childhood in Chapter 1? Where was Lincoln born?
8. What intention does the author state in the Preface of "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery"?
9. What led to the split in the Democratic Party before the 1860 presidential election? What did Lincoln remark about this split?
10. What factions of the Republican Party did Lincoln clash with regarding the slavery issues in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the slavery laws of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois during Lincoln's childhood. How did the laws differ from the South to the North?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation and the enlisting of blacks in the Union Army. How were blacks treated in comparison to whites?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the origins of slavery in the United States. Where in the early nation did slavery flourish and expand? Why?
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