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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. Who was John Todd Stuart?
(a) Lincoln's business partner.
(b) Lincoln's first client.
(c) Lincoln's roommate.
(d) Lincoln's father-in-law.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln advocate in his inauguration address?

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

4. Why was Lincoln called the 'Lone Star'?

5. What did Lincoln do when he returned to Illinois?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginnings of the Civil War.

2. What positions did Lincoln take in his career as a Whig legislator?

3. Describe Lincoln's entrance into politics.

4. What was Lincoln's relationship with the image his supporters presented of him?

5. What part did Lincoln's private life play in the years after he returned to Springfield?

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

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

8. Describe Lincoln's retirement from politics.

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

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

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