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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln work on after the 1858 election?
(a) Defeating slavery in the territories.
(b) Unifying the Republican Party.
(c) Building coalitions with other parties.
(d) Defending popular sovereignty.

2. What position did Douglas take in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
(a) He defended popular sovereignty.
(b) He attacked the federal government.
(c) He attacked slavery.
(d) He attacked popular sovereignty.

3. What did Lincoln know about his grandmother?
(a) She was rich.
(b) She was probably illegitimate.
(c) She came from a noble family.
(d) She was a runaway slave.

4. Describe Lincoln's two children.
(a) Well-taught.
(b) Disciplined.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Unruly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what causes did Lincoln campaign?

2. What image did Lincoln's advisers associate him with in his 1860 campaign?

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

4. Where did Lincoln deliver an address in front of prominent Republican Party members?

5. Who was Hannibal Hamlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the outcome of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858?

2. What was Lincoln's early relationship with his father like?

3. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

4. What was popular sovereignty and what role did it play in the politics of the 1850s.

5. Describe the Lincolns' moves.

6. Compare and contrast Lincoln's relationship with his wife and his relationship with his partner, William Herndon.

7. Describe Lincoln's entrance into politics.

8. What issue was returned Lincoln to politics?

9. What was Lincoln's involvement in the 1848 Presidential election?

10. How were senators chosen in the 1850s?

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