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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom else was Booth plotting against in addition to Lincoln?
(a) Lincoln's Secretary of Defense.
(b) Vice-President Johnson.
(c) Ulysses Grant.
(d) General Meade.

3. Where did Lincoln's law clients come from?
(a) His hometown.
(b) Local towns in Illinois.
(c) Springfield.
(d) Vandalia.

4. What position did Lincoln give to William Seward?
(a) Secretary of Interior.
(b) Secretary of Treasury.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Secretary of State.

5. Who was Mary Todd?
(a) Lincoln's second fiancé.
(b) Lincoln's mother-in-law.
(c) Lincoln's sister-in-law.
(d) Lincoln's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Donald say Lincoln was ruled by in his early career?

2. How did Lincoln complete his journey from Springfield to Washington, DC?

3. What was Lincoln's party?

4. What was Lincoln's reaction to becoming engaged?

5. What position did Lincoln hold after winning the 1852 election?

(see the answer key)

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