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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln work on after the 1852 election?
(a) Getting Fillmore elected.
(b) Fighting slavery.
(c) Developing a platform for the Representation.
(d) Getting reelected.

2. What position did Stephen Douglas hold when Lincoln returned to politics?
(a) Judge.
(b) Illinois Governor.
(c) U.S. Senator.
(d) U.S. Representative.

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

4. Why did Lincoln decline to serve in the seat he was elected to in 1852?
(a) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(b) He wanted to be appointed Senator.
(c) He wanted to work on unifying Republicans.
(d) He wanted to break with the Republican Party.

5. What was the Republican Party founded on?
(a) Opposition to Women's Suffrage.
(b) Opposition to the Gold Standard.
(c) Opposition to popular sovereignty.
(d) Opposition to slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Joshua Speed?

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

3. Describe the relationship between Lincoln's wife and his business partner.

4. What did Lincoln do in his travels, following a man around the state?

5. What position did Douglas take in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

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