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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?
(a) Diligence.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Caginess.
(d) Ambition.

2. Describe Lincoln's schooling.
(a) He was the first child sent away to school.
(b) He studied a little but never distinguished himself.
(c) He was not schooled much because he had to work with the family.
(d) He was schooled at home by his parents.

3. When did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?
(a) October 1863.
(b) July 1863.
(c) April 1863.
(d) September 1862.

4. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?
(a) He did not want the war to be a referendum on slavery.
(b) He thought it would give the South more support from abroad.
(c) He did not have the authority to enforce such a proclamation.
(d) He thought it would let the South play the role of victim.

5. What was the new name of the Republican Party?
(a) The Unity Party.
(b) The American Party.
(c) The Reunited Party.
(d) The Union Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what causes did Lincoln campaign?

2. In what war had the 1848 Whig party candidate served?

3. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

4. What issue does Donald say consumed a great deal of Lincoln's time and drove his politics?

5. When did the Southern states secede?

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