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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. How many years did Henry Clay serve in politics?
(a) 10
(b) 30
(c) 15
(d) 25

3. Some believe that all American novels came out of what popular book?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin
(b) Little House on the Prairie
(c) The Good Earth
(d) Huckleberry Finn

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

5. What word was never used by Lincoln in referring to those who committed illegal acts?
(a) Belligerent
(b) Outlaw
(c) Traitor
(d) Criminal

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the proper name for a student of words?

2. What country's culture had recently come back into style?

3. Progonoi and autochthones are parts of the speech that refer to the soldiers' ____________.

4. This school of thought relied on what?

5. What is another name for human progress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What political positions did Henry Clay hold?

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

5. Why was it important for Lincoln to avoid the issue of interracial marriage?

6. What did Lincoln claim was the founding document of the United States? Why?

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

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

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

10. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg such an important event?

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