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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. Who was Fredrick Douglass?
(a) An army general.
(b) A member of Lincoln's cabinet.
(c) An influential black abolitionist leader.
(d) An inventor.

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

3. What bill did Stephen A. Douglas create?
(a) The Nebraska Bill.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(c) The Missouri Bill.
(d) The Kansas Bill.

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

5. Lincoln was very busy, often with over _________ visitors a day, and his right hand was swollen and sore from all the shaking.
(a) 1000.
(b) 100.
(c) 150.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?

3. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?

4. What two boys were born to the Lincolns?

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

(see the answer key)

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