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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 was the result of Lincoln's campaign against Douglas?
(a) He won but was appointed district judge.
(b) He lost but was appointed to the seat when Douglas did not take it.
(c) He won but refused to serve.
(d) He lost the election.

2. Where was Lincoln's law firm based?
(a) Menard County.
(b) Logan County.
(c) Hampton County.
(d) Sangamon County.

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

4. When did the Southern states secede?
(a) The day of Lincoln's inauguration.
(b) Before Lincoln's inauguration.
(c) As soon as Lincoln was inaugurated.
(d) Immediately after the 1860 election.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln advocate in his inauguration address?

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

3. When was Lincoln born?

4. What did Lincoln accuse Polk of, when he was serving as a Representative?

5. What did Lincoln do in order to escape the hard work his father had done?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lincoln's retirement from politics.

3. What was Lincoln's relationship with his stepmother like?

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

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

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

7. Describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

8. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

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

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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