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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Lincoln ultimately replace McClellan?
(a) Grant.
(b) Hooker.
(c) Meade.
(d) Halleck.

2. Whom did Lincoln support in the 1852 Presidential campaign?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) Winfield Scott.
(c) Millard Fillmore.
(d) William King.

3. For whose nomination for President did Lincoln campaign?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Grant.
(d) Polk.

4. How were U.S. Senators elected in the 1850s?
(a) By the Electoral College.
(b) By the populace.
(c) By U.S. Representatives.
(d) By state senators.

5. Who was William Herndon?
(a) The lawyer with whom Lincoln left his law firm.
(b) The shopkeeper in whose care Lincoln left his household belongings.
(c) Lincoln's father-in-law.
(d) An old suitor of Lincoln's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue returned Lincoln to politics?

2. What was Lincoln's view of his role in the Civil War?

3. What was the result of Lincoln's campaign against Douglas?

4. Describe Lincoln's activities during his 'retirement' from politics.

5. Who was Mary Todd?

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