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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After moving to Springfield, how did Lincoln feel?
(a) He was bored.
(b) He was excited.
(c) He was lonely.
(d) He was worried.

2. What school did Lincoln attend irregularly between ages 11 and 15, developing interests in reading, poetry, penmanship, and the early years of the American Republic?
(a) A private school.
(b) The "blab school."
(c) A parochial school.
(d) A boarding school.

3. Lincoln focused on _____________ Illinois, because this part of the state would be the deciding factor.
(a) Eastern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Central.

4. When the Kansas-Nebraska Bill was passed, it left the status of slavery up to who?
(a) Congress.
(b) The President.
(c) The people who settled in the territory.
(d) The Governors.

5. In November Lincoln and Douglas had their first debate over what, starting a rivalry that would last years?
(a) Negro suffrage.
(b) Female suffrage.
(c) The national debt.
(d) State banks.

6. What did Democrats call Lincoln?
(a) A great leader.
(b) A Know-Nothing.
(c) An insane man.
(d) A warmonger and an abolitionist.

7. Where were the Lincolns married?
(a) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(b) Lincoln's home.
(c) The Courthouse.
(d) Edwards mansion.

8. When was Lincoln born?
(a) February 12, 1806.
(b) February 12, 1807.
(c) February 12, 1809.
(d) February 12, 1808.

9. The Missouri Compromise was a line dividing the North and South, above which slavery was __________.
(a) Up to the private citizens.
(b) Illegal and below which it was legal.
(c) Illegal and below which it was illegal in some states.
(d) Legal and below which it was illegal.

10. In January __________, a Lincoln campaign for Presidential candidacy was officially underway.
(a) 1859.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1858.

11. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?
(a) February 1, 1850.
(b) March 1, 1850.
(c) May 1, 1850.
(d) April 1, 1850.

12. Douglas adopted what strategy?
(a) The "care" strategy.
(b) The "I care" strategy.
(c) The "you don't care" strategy.
(d) The "don't care" strategy.

13. Where was Lincoln born?
(a) In a log cabin in Indiana.
(b) In a log cabin in Kentucky.
(c) In a log cabin in Illinois.
(d) In a log cabin in Missouri.

14. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, but only after everyone else had left.
(c) Yes, but only for a few moments.
(d) No.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?

2. What two boys were born to the Lincolns?

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

4. What did this bill state?

5. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?

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