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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?
(a) His first wife died.
(b) His mother died.
(c) His father died.
(d) He got married.

2. How did Lincoln appease the border states?
(a) By separating abolition from the war for the Union.
(b) By moving the fighting to the North.
(c) By moving the fighting to the south.
(d) By taking more recruits from the north.

3. For what causes did Lincoln campaign?
(a) Relocating the state capital.
(b) Lowering taxes.
(c) Ending the displacement of Indians.
(d) Increasing federal oversight of land speculation.

4. What does Donald say Lincoln was ruled by in his early career?
(a) Sentiment.
(b) Reason.
(c) Passions.
(d) Religiousness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln come to settle in New Salem, Illinois?

2. What was the Republican Party founded on?

3. What was McClellan's feeling about the President and Congress?

4. When did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?

5. Which was the first state to return to the Union?

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