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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. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1818.

2. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?
(a) The Northwest Ordinance.
(b) The Western Ordinance.
(c) The Oregon Ordinance.
(d) The Mississippi Ordinance.

3. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group?
(a) Tabloid.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Insurrection.
(d) Publication.

4. When was the Wisconsin Enabling Act enacted?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1820.

5. What temporarily neutralized the issue of slavery and undercut the Free Soil Party's no-compromise position?
(a) The Compromise of 1961.
(b) The Compromise of 1840.
(c) The Compromise of 1850.
(d) The Compromise of 1812.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was James Buchanan born?

2. Who was the 14th President of the United States?

3. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?

4. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?

5. When was Abraham Lincoln born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What contact with slavery did Lincoln have in his youth, as discussed in Chapter 1?

2. What was Lincoln's political involvement during the late 1840s? What notable speech did Lincoln give at this time?

3. What laws prevented equality between states of the North and South, as discussed in Chapter 1?

4. What does the author relate of Lincoln's early childhood in Chapter 1? Where was Lincoln born?

5. When and why did the Republican Party emerge in the 1850s? How did Lincoln fit in with the Republicans?

6. What was Lincoln's main aim in criticizing President Polk, as discussed in Chapter 2?

7. What was significant about the 1856 presidential election for Lincoln's career?

8. What intention does the author state in the Preface of "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery"?

9. What was the global and national status of slavery during the late 1700s and early 1800s?

10. When did Abraham Lincoln first become involved in the abolitionist movement, as discussed in Chapter 1?

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