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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the public sentiment about the Civil War at the beginning?
(a) They thought that it would be a protracted and bloody war.
(b) They thought that France or Spain would take advantage of the war to assert territorial claims in the Americas.
(c) They thought the South would break away quickly.
(d) People thought the South would be beaten quickly.

2. What issue returned Lincoln to politics?
(a) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(b) The Fugitive Slave Law.
(c) The Missouri Compromise.
(d) The Statehood of Illinois.

3. What phrase did Lincoln introduce into the debate over slavery?
(a) All for one and one for all.
(b) A house divided against itself cannot stand.
(c) E Pluribus Unum (From many, one).
(d) Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

4. When was Lincoln born?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1811.

5. What happened to complicate U.S. relations with Britain?
(a) Two Confederate officers were seized from a British ship.
(b) Some northerners wanted to help the South through the British.
(c) British aid was intercepted by the South.
(d) British merchants wanted to help the Confederacy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?

4. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?

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

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