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

2. 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 break with the Republican Party.
(c) He wanted to be appointed Senator.
(d) He wanted to work on unifying Republicans.

3. What was Lincoln's party?
(a) Whigs.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Union Party.
(d) Democrats.

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

5. Whom did Lincoln begin to fight with as he reached adolescence?
(a) His father.
(b) His brothers.
(c) His step-mother.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's schooling.

2. What did Lincoln know about his grandmother?

3. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?

4. When did Lincoln begin to cultivate his intellect?

5. What did Lincoln work on after the 1852 election?

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