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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what war had the 1848 Whig party candidate served?
(a) The Indian Wars.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Mexican War.

2. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?
(a) How money should be allocated to different causes.
(b) How the benefits of taking land from Indians should be weighed.
(c) How leaders should make decisions.
(d) How men should enter marriage.

3. When was Lincoln born?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1822.

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

5. What did Lincoln believe he inherited from his grandmother?
(a) Determination.
(b) Independence.
(c) Depression.
(d) Diligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mary Owens?

2. Describe Lincoln's relationship with Joshua Speed.

3. Describe Lincoln's two children.

4. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?

5. What effect did slavery have on politics in the 1850s?

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