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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln advocate in his inauguration address?
(a) Compelling the South to return to the Union.
(b) Declaring war on the South.
(c) Preserving the Union.
(d) Reducing the tension over slavery.

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

3. What was the result of Lincoln's campaign against Douglas?
(a) He won but refused to serve.
(b) He lost the election.
(c) He lost but was appointed to the seat when Douglas did not take it.
(d) He won but was appointed district judge.

4. What happened to Lincoln's career after the 1858 election?
(a) He declined to enter into national politics until the Illinois state Republican Party was unified.
(b) He began to enjoy a reputation outside of Illinois.
(c) He was abandoned by the Republican Party.
(d) He was invited to serve as a diplomat to France.

5. How does Donald describe Lincoln's political support for the Whig Presidential candidate?
(a) Impassioned.
(b) Calculating.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Lackluster.

6. What was Lincoln's party?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Whigs.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Union Party.

7. When did the Southern states secede?
(a) As soon as Lincoln was inaugurated.
(b) Before Lincoln's inauguration.
(c) Immediately after the 1860 election.
(d) The day of Lincoln's inauguration.

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

9. Who was Joshua Speed?
(a) A shopkeeper and Lincoln's roommate.
(b) Lincoln's running partner.
(c) Lincoln's father-in-law.
(d) Lincoln's business partner.

10. Why did Lincoln have to hand over his earnings to his father?
(a) He was still living at home.
(b) In order to help with the family finances.
(c) He was under 21.
(d) He was not married yet.

11. How did Lincoln get involved with the Republican Party?
(a) He was nominated to be their candidate for U.S. President.
(b) He was nominated to be their candidate for state legislature.
(c) He was nominated to be their candidate for U.S. Senate.
(d) He was nominated to be their candidate for U.S. legislature.

12. What technological development allowed Lincoln to be home on the weekends?
(a) The automobile.
(b) The telegraph.
(c) The telephone.
(d) The steam engine

13. Whose seat was Lincoln gunning for in 1858?
(a) Stephen Douglas's.
(b) Jefferson Davis's.
(c) James Buchanan's.
(d) Millard Fillmore's.

14. 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 confused the issues of popular sovereignty and federal authority.
(d) It brought people of different political parties together.

15. What did Lincoln work on after the 1852 election?
(a) Fighting slavery.
(b) Getting Fillmore elected.
(c) Getting reelected.
(d) Developing a platform for the Representation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln's family move to Illinois?

2. What important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?

3. When was Lincoln elected to Congress?

4. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?

5. Describe Lincoln's schooling.

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