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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) The beginnings of the Mexican War.
(c) The dislocation of the Cherokee.
(d) The continuation of the Monroe Doctrine.

2. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?
(a) Exporters.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Cattlemen.
(d) Railroad.

3. What did Lincoln do in order to escape the hard work his father had done?
(a) He returned to Virginia to his family's starting point.
(b) He ran off and joined a steamboat crew, trying to escape from the U.S.
(c) He took courses at the state university.
(d) He took work transporting things to market by river.

4. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?
(a) He tried to avoid taking a stance on it, but put economic issues first.
(b) He was against it, but disliked abolitionists' methods.
(c) He did not want to end it, but did not want to allow it into new territories either.
(d) He campaigned strongly to end it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln get involved with the Republican Party?

2. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?

3. What was the status of the family of Lincoln's father?

4. Where did Lincoln's father start out before he moved to Illinois?

5. How does Donald describe Lincoln's political support for the Whig Presidential candidate?

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