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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Nine: The New Reckoning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Robert Todd.
(a) Introverted.
(b) Rude.
(c) Bored.
(d) Extroverted.

2. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?
(a) He did not want slavery to exist in the Union.
(b) He did not want to buy his right to be peacefully inaugurated.
(c) He refused to make any compromises throughout his Presidency.
(d) He was afraid to upset the Southern and border states.

3. Lincoln was the only lawyer who did what?
(a) Got involved in politics.
(b) Became President.
(c) Owned his own law firm.
(d) Rode the entire court circuit for both sessions.

4. How did Robert Lincoln feel when his father was away on political trips?
(a) He missed him.
(b) He was happy.
(c) He was bored.
(d) He worried about him.

5. On what topic did Lincoln agree with Henry Clay?
(a) Negroes were not subhuman, and should have Constitutional rights.
(b) Slavery should be decided by individuals.
(c) The Missouri Compromise is a good idea.
(d) The North and South should be separated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln convince the court that the railroad did not have to pay county taxes?

2. Rebels laid siege to what fort?

3. South Carolina unanimously voted to do what?

4. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

5. Lincoln had to relieve General Burnside because of what?

(see the answer key)

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