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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 important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?
(a) His first wife died.
(b) His mother died.
(c) He got married.
(d) His father died.

2. Why did Lincoln move back to Illinois after his first term in Washington, DC?
(a) He was not chosen as the candidate who would run for his own seat.
(b) He lost the election for his own seat.
(c) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(d) He retired from the House.

3. Who was the President when Lincoln served in the Senate?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Polk.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Taylor.

4. Who was Edward Stanton?
(a) The official whom Lincoln appointed as Secretary of State.
(b) A military strategist who advised Lincoln.
(c) The official whom Lincoln appointed as Secretary of Defense.
(d) The official who replaced Simon Cameron.

5. What happened to Lincoln's support at the beginning of the Civil War?
(a) It stiffened as the war promised to last a long time.
(b) It came together as people started to realize what the war would require.
(c) It softened with the first Union losses.
(d) It fragmented once the fighting actually started.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique did Lincoln use to kill the 50% plan Congress gave him?

2. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?

3. How did the Civil War progress after initial Union losses?

4. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?

5. What impressed Lincoln enough that he appointed Grant to control Union forces against the South?

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