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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Stephen Douglas?
(a) A Whig from New York.
(b) A Democrat from Illinois.
(c) A Whig from Lincoln's county.
(d) A Democrat from Washington, DC.

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

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

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

5. Whom did Lincoln follow around through his home county?
(a) His business partner.
(b) Newspapermen.
(c) Other lawyers.
(d) The district judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Southern states secede?

2. What did Horace Greeley do during the international crisis facing Lincoln?

3. What prospect was beginning to open for Lincoln as he entered the third year of the war?

4. What position did Stephen Douglas hold when Lincoln returned to politics?

5. How did Lincoln bolster his support in the North?

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