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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where might one have this experience?
(a) In nature
(b) While sleeping
(c) In the bathtub
(d) At work

3. The South instituted laws against what activity?
(a) Traveling north
(b) Freeing personal slaves
(c) Anti-slavery speeches
(d) Going to political rallies

4. Henry Clay was not a member of which political group?
(a) House of Representatives
(b) Senate
(c) Judicial Branch
(d) Whigs

5. Which of these was not the basis for forming the American ideal?
(a) Every man has rights
(b) No man should be owned by another
(c) All men are created equal
(d) The government should protect those rights

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln's depression was considered to be a sign of _________________.

2. What was the name of the Northern army?

3. For the dead, one should offer ___________.

4. Where did Everett teach?

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a big believer in what school of thought?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the game often played by John Hay and Lincoln after seeing a play?

2. What are the most basic requirements for a speech?

3. What habit of Lincoln's was worrisome to his family? Why were they worried?

4. Why did Mrs. Lincoln engage in contact with the spirit world? How was this done?

5. How did Lincoln's views on antislavery correspond to those of Theodore Parker?

6. What famous writers often used themes of the ancient Greeks in their works?

7. Both the North and South confessed to making mistakes in their battle plans. What were the mistakes?

8. What were Wills' duties in addition to burying the bodies of the fallen soldiers?

9. In addition to writing and oratory, what other art form was being revived at the time?

10. Lincoln's problem was thought to give the President what advantage? What did Lincoln's contemporaries think of his ailment?

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