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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?
(a) Better not to Switch Horses.
(b) Let the Union be Reunited.
(c) No Union with Slavery.
(d) Bringing it Back Together.

2. What technological development allowed Lincoln to be home on the weekends?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The automobile.
(c) The telegraph.
(d) The steam engine

3. What did Lincoln do when he returned to Illinois?
(a) Campaigned for reelection.
(b) Returned to his law practice.
(c) Acted as Governor.
(d) Worked in the Federal Land Office.

4. What issue does Donald say consumed a great deal of Lincoln's time and drove his politics?
(a) Preparing the public for a long war.
(b) Preventing in-fighting in his cabinet.
(c) Keeping border states loyal.
(d) Supplying Fort Sumter.

5. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) The dislocation of the Cherokee.
(c) The continuation of the Monroe Doctrine.
(d) The beginnings of the Mexican War.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

2. What was the new name of the Republican Party?

3. Describe the temperament of Lincoln's wife.

4. What did Lincoln accuse Polk of, when he was serving as a Representative?

5. How did Congress handle the crisis with the British?

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