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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the issue at the heart of the issue that brought Lincoln back to politics?
(a) Popular sovereignty.
(b) The Gold Standard.
(c) Manifest Destiny.
(d) The Monroe Doctrine.

2. Whom did Lincoln support in the 1852 Presidential campaign?
(a) Winfield Scott.
(b) Zachary Taylor.
(c) Millard Fillmore.
(d) William King.

3. How did Lincoln respond when a Democratic Representative opposed him as "King Lincoln"?
(a) Lincoln let him speak.
(b) Lincoln brought him to the White House for a dressing down.
(c) Lincoln had him arrested.
(d) Lincoln engaged him in debate.

4. Who was Hannibal Hamlin?
(a) Lincoln's running mate.
(b) The Democratic nominee for President.
(c) The head of the Illinois Republican Party.
(d) Lincoln's opponent.

5. What criticism was made of the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) That it did not free slaves in the Confederate states.
(b) That it did not give the slaves enough.
(c) That it did not punish slaveholders enough.
(d) That it did not repair the injuries to African societies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?

2. What message did Horace Greeley convey to Lincoln?

3. What was the first election Lincoln won?

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

5. Who was the general in charge of Union troops at the beginning of the Civil War?

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