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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. Did Lincoln support this amendment?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Not at first.

2. Lincoln left by train to go to Washington, making stops along the way for speeches and appearances, including a stop in New York to meet who?
(a) Soldiers from Illinois.
(b) A little boy who had written him a letter.
(c) The young girl who suggested he grow a beard.
(d) Family members.

3. In Lincoln's inauguration speech, he promised first and foremost to do what?
(a) Uphold the Union.
(b) Free the slaves.
(c) Be honest.
(d) Bring equality to all men and women.

4. In the Senate, John J. Crittenden proposed the Crittenden Plan which suggested what?
(a) Abolishing the Missouri Compromise line, encouraging slavery.
(b) Reviving the Missouri Compromise line, abolishing slavery above it, and protecting slavery below it.
(c) Moving the location of the Missouri Compromise line, abolishing slavery in some southern states.
(d) Moving the Missouri Compromise line, encouraging slavery in some northern states.

5. South Carolina unanimously voted to do what?
(a) Remain peaceful.
(b) Create their own nation.
(c) Stay with the Union.
(d) Secede from the Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln still needed more troops, so he enforced what?

2. After his election, Lincoln had a troubling ________.

3. How did Robert Lincoln feel when his father was away on political trips?

4. What did this bill state?

5. After becoming President-Elect, Lincoln began compiling a list of what?

(see the answer key)

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