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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln believe to be the most important "founding" document?
(a) Constitution
(b) Declaration of Independence
(c) Magna Carta
(d) Emancipation Proclamation

2. Unlike Lincoln's words, many speeches of the day were considered to be _________________.
(a) Endless
(b) Flowery
(c) Putrid
(d) Ornamental

3. Lincoln was considered to be less a politician and more a _________________.
(a) Policeman
(b) Father
(c) General
(d) Mediator

4. Lincoln offered pardons for which sector of the public?
(a) Traitors
(b) Slave owners
(c) Freed Slaves
(d) Convicted soldiers

5. Lincoln believed that if all men are created equal, they cannot be _____________.
(a) Antiwar
(b) Property
(c) Separate
(d) Of different religions

Short Answer Questions

1. Abraham Lincoln's depression was often referred to as _________________.

2. Daniel Webster was known as a great _______________.

3. To whom did Webster present his arguments?

4. Webster and his legal counsel believed that the secession of the Confederacy was _______________.

5. In Lincoln's mind, which one of these things was not considered to be logical?

(see the answer key)

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