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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) Defending popular sovereignty.
(c) Building coalitions with other parties.
(d) Unifying the Republican Party.

2. Why did Lincoln decline to serve in the seat he was elected to in 1852?
(a) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(b) He wanted to work on unifying Republicans.
(c) He wanted to be appointed Senator.
(d) He wanted to break with the Republican Party.

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

4. What happened to Lincoln's career as he was being considered for President in 1860?
(a) His career was taking off.
(b) His law firm was languishing.
(c) He was too busy to work for his law firm.
(d) He was taking on business but not seeing it through.

5. What did Lincoln do in his travels, following a man around the state?
(a) Campaign for office.
(b) Raise money.
(c) Take on clients.
(d) Look for a wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Lincoln's wife and his business partner.

2. Who was William Herndon?

3. Describe the temperament of Lincoln's wife.

4. Why did Lincoln move back to Illinois after his first term in Washington, DC?

5. Who was Mary Owens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's strategy for choosing his advisers.

2. How were senators chosen in the 1850s?

3. What did Lincoln do after he lost to Douglas?

4. Describe Abraham Lincoln's period of aimlessness in Illinois.

5. How much is known about Lincoln's ancestry?

6. When did Lincoln start his family?

7. What was the state of the Whig party in Illinois and elsewhere, during Lincoln's tenure?

8. Describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

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

10. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

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