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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 did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?
(a) September 1862.
(b) July 1863.
(c) April 1863.
(d) October 1863.

2. What effect did slavery have on politics in the 1850s?
(a) It confused the issues of popular sovereignty and federal authority.
(b) It divided people within political parties into fractious groups.
(c) It brought people of different political parties together.
(d) It muddied the issue of Indian removal.

3. What was Lincoln's view of his role in the Civil War?
(a) He was fatalistic.
(b) He was messianic.
(c) He was megalomaniacal.
(d) He was indifferent.

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

5. Where was Lincoln's law firm based?
(a) Menard County.
(b) Logan County.
(c) Hampton County.
(d) Sangamon County.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln view the Battle of Antietam?

2. What was Lincoln's party?

3. What was the issue at the heart of the issue that brought Lincoln back to politics?

4. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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

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