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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lincoln's stance on blacks' equality?

2. Who was William Herndon?

3. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?

4. When was Lincoln married?

5. Who was Stephen Logan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

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

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

5. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

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

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

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

9. How did Lincoln end up back in Springfield?

10. Describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the effect Lincoln's aimlessness and failures had on his ultimately receiving the Republican Party nomination for President. What did he learn from his experience and errors? How did he position himself as a unique voice in the party and in the nation?

Essay Topic 2

Lincoln made extensive efforts to unify the splintered Republican Party, which was divided on slavery. In what ways did he try to accommodate the slave states' positions, to negotiate to bring them into a coalition? What factors prevented Lincoln from bargaining with the slave states and preventing the Civil War?

Essay Topic 3

Who were the power brokers behind Lincoln's Presidential nomination and his ultimate election? What coalitions and influences worked together to elect him? What were Lincoln's bases of support, and what did he and his advisers do to expand that base? Was Lincoln his own force in politics, or was he the face of a system that backed him.

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