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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. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his ancestry.
(a) His siblings were intent on knowing their relatives, but he was not.
(b) He was closely attentive to his parentage.
(c) He was not interested in it.
(d) His mother kept in touch with her relatives, but his father did not with his.

2. Describe Lincoln's schooling.
(a) He was not schooled much because he had to work with the family.
(b) He studied a little but never distinguished himself.
(c) He was the first child sent away to school.
(d) He was schooled at home by his parents.

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

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

5. Who was Hannibal Hamlin?
(a) The head of the Illinois Republican Party.
(b) The Democratic nominee for President.
(c) Lincoln's running mate.
(d) Lincoln's opponent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lincoln begin to fight with as he reached adolescence?

2. What effect did slavery have on politics in the 1850s?

3. What was the Republican Party founded on?

4. When was Lincoln married?

5. Why was the Whig party divided against itself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

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

3. How did Lincoln's legal practice bring him into questions of statewide or national importance?

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

5. Describe Lincoln's entrance into politics.

6. How were senators chosen in the 1850s?

7. Describe Lincoln's retirement from politics.

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

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

10. How did Lincoln leave his affairs in Illinois when he went to Washington, DC to start his term in Congress?

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