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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's two children.
(a) Well-taught.
(b) Unruly.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Disciplined.

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

3. What effect did slavery have on politics in the 1850s?
(a) It brought people of different political parties together.
(b) It muddied the issue of Indian removal.
(c) It confused the issues of popular sovereignty and federal authority.
(d) It divided people within political parties into fractious groups.

4. Describe Lincoln's relationship with Joshua Speed.
(a) Formal dignity.
(b) Close friendship.
(c) Antagonistic enmity.
(d) Casual acquaintance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lincoln begin to fight with as he reached adolescence?

2. What was Lincoln's stance on blacks' equality?

3. How does Donald describe the effect of Lincoln's loss of his mother?

4. Why did Lincoln move back to Illinois after his first term in Washington, DC?

5. Who was Mary Todd?

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