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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) Unifying the Republican Party.
(b) Defending popular sovereignty.
(c) Defeating slavery in the territories.
(d) Building coalitions with other parties.

2. Who was Joshua Speed?
(a) A shopkeeper and Lincoln's roommate.
(b) Lincoln's father-in-law.
(c) Lincoln's business partner.
(d) Lincoln's running partner.

3. What did Lincoln advocate in his inauguration address?
(a) Preserving the Union.
(b) Declaring war on the South.
(c) Compelling the South to return to the Union.
(d) Reducing the tension over slavery.

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

5. What effect did slavery have on politics in the 1850s?
(a) It divided people within political parties into fractious groups.
(b) It brought people of different political parties together.
(c) It confused the issues of popular sovereignty and federal authority.
(d) It muddied the issue of Indian removal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln decline to serve in the seat he was elected to in 1852?

2. What does Donald say Lincoln was ruled by in his early career?

3. Where did Lincoln's law clients come from?

4. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?

5. How did Lincoln come to settle in New Salem, Illinois?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's entrance into politics.

2. How were senators chosen in the 1850s?

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

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

5. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

6. Describe Lincoln's arrival in Springfield and early law practice.

7. How did Lincoln finally get married?

8. Describe the Lincolns' moves.

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

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

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