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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?
(a) His mother died.
(b) His first wife died.
(c) His father died.
(d) He got married.

2. What position was Lincoln offered when he left Washington, DC.?
(a) Vice President.
(b) Governor of Oregon.
(c) Governor of Illinois.
(d) Director of the Federal Land Office.

3. Describe Lincoln's military career.
(a) Successful.
(b) Undistinguished.
(c) Extensive.
(d) Exceptional.

4. What did Lincoln believe he inherited from his grandmother?
(a) Determination.
(b) Depression.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Independence.

5. When was Lincoln elected to Congress?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1852.

6. What was Lincoln's reaction to becoming engaged?
(a) Jubilation.
(b) Resplendent pride.
(c) Exhilaration.
(d) Deep depression.

7. What did Lincoln accuse Polk of, when he was serving as a Representative?
(a) Starting a war illegally.
(b) Cronyism.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Dishonesty.

8. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?
(a) He was against it, but disliked abolitionists' methods.
(b) He campaigned strongly to end it.
(c) He tried to avoid taking a stance on it, but put economic issues first.
(d) He did not want to end it, but did not want to allow it into new territories either.

9. Describe the relationship between Lincoln's wife and his business partner.
(a) Intimate.
(b) Amicable.
(c) Polite.
(d) Hostile.

10. What was Lincoln's policy between the election in 1860 and his inauguration in 1861?
(a) To browbeat the Southern states.
(b) To anticipate the Civil War.
(c) To announce his policies.
(d) Not to make speeches.

11. Who was Mary Owens?
(a) Lincoln's sister-in-law.
(b) Lincoln's mother-in-law.
(c) The wife of Lincoln's partner.
(d) Lincoln's second fiancée.

12. In what war had the 1848 Whig party candidate served?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The Mexican War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Indian Wars.

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

14. What issue returned Lincoln to politics?
(a) The Fugitive Slave Law.
(b) The Missouri Compromise.
(c) The Statehood of Illinois.
(d) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.

15. What phrase did Lincoln introduce into the debate over slavery?
(a) E Pluribus Unum (From many, one).
(b) Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(c) All for one and one for all.
(d) A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the Whig party divided against itself?

2. Who was the President when Lincoln served in the Senate?

3. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?

4. Who was Joshua Speed?

5. What did Lincoln work on after the 1858 election?

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