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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. Half Slave and Half Free.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered improper at the time of the writing of "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) Actively seeking financial donations.
(b) Actively seeking the presidential nomination.
(c) Actively pursuing a seat at a convention.
(d) Getting on the ballot in primary elections.

2. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?
(a) Education.
(b) Desire for expansion.
(c) Will power.
(d) Restraint and self control.

3. Who could not become a citizen of the United States according to the Dred Scott ruling?
(a) Texans.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) African Americans.
(d) People born outside the United States.

4. When did Polk start a war with Mexico according to "No One Man Should Hold the Power"?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1846.

5. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory does Lincoln try to disprove in "Opens the Way for All"?

2. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?

3. When was "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy" written?

4. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?

5. What line of the Declaration did Lincoln cite in"All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?

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