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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 did Lincoln work on after the 1858 election?
(a) Defeating slavery in the territories.
(b) Building coalitions with other parties.
(c) Unifying the Republican Party.
(d) Defending popular sovereignty.

2. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?
(a) How money should be allocated to different causes.
(b) How the benefits of taking land from Indians should be weighed.
(c) How men should enter marriage.
(d) How leaders should make decisions.

3. Why did Lincoln replace General Burnside?
(a) He would not follow Lincoln's orders.
(b) He was losing too many battles.
(c) He was incompetent.
(d) He had lost his subordinates' respect.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the public sentiment about the Civil War at the beginning?

2. How did Lincoln participate in the 1862 elections?

3. Describe the relationship between Lincoln's wife and his business partner.

4. When was Lincoln born?

5. How did Lincoln view the Battle of Antietam?

(see the answer key)

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