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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) 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.

2. Describe Lincoln's military career.
(a) Extensive.
(b) Successful.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Undistinguished.

3. When did Lincoln begin to cultivate his intellect?
(a) After losing an election.
(b) After marrying.
(c) After being elected to the legislature.
(d) After law school.

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

5. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his stepmother.
(a) Distrustful.
(b) Contentious.
(c) Harmonious.
(d) Invidious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the issue at the heart of the issue that brought Lincoln back to politics?

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

3. What did Lincoln work on after the 1858 election?

4. How did Lincoln get involved with the Republican Party?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

3. Describe the beginnings of the Civil War.

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

5. Describe the Lincolns' moves.

6. Describe Lincoln's retirement from politics.

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

8. What was the effect of Lincoln's election on national politics?

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

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

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