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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Lincoln married?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1842.

2. What issue returned Lincoln to politics?
(a) The Fugitive Slave Law.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(c) The Missouri Compromise.
(d) The Statehood of Illinois.

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

4. Who was Joshua Speed?
(a) A shopkeeper and Lincoln's roommate.
(b) Lincoln's running partner.
(c) Lincoln's business partner.
(d) Lincoln's father-in-law.

5. What did Lincoln accuse Polk of, when he was serving as a Representative?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Starting a war illegally.
(c) Cronyism.
(d) Dishonesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mary Todd?

2. When did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?

3. What was Lincoln's relationship with McClellan through 1862?

4. What did Lincoln do when he returned to Illinois?

5. What phrase did Lincoln introduce into the debate over slavery?

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