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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: Storm Center.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who won the Senate seat?
(a) Neither Douglas nor Lincoln.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Both Douglas and Lincoln.

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

3. The public was clamoring for a battle to take place, so Lincoln called Generals Scott and McDowell to discuss what?
(a) Fall offensives.
(b) Spring offensives.
(c) Winter offensives.
(d) Summer offensives.

4. Lincoln demoted McDowell in favor of who to take command of the Army of the Potomac?
(a) John Garland.
(b) Joseph E. Johnston.
(c) George B. McClellan.
(d) Winfield Scott.

5. Who was Lincoln's idol?
(a) Clay Aiken.
(b) William Henry Harrison.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Benjamin Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Douglas treat Lincoln at this debate?

2. Lincoln became known as what because of his tough pioneer background and his legal work with the railroad?

3. What did this bill state?

4. Lincoln and Mary secretly became engaged, and set November 4th as their wedding date. When did they tell her family?

5. What political party was gaining favor from abolitionists in the North?

(see the answer key)

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