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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. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
2. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?
3. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
4. What was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent?
5. In what year did U.S. Army Major John Emerson purchase Dred Scott?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery during the 1856 presidential elections, as discussed in Chapter 3?
2. When and why did the Republican Party emerge in the 1850s? How did Lincoln fit in with the Republicans?
3. How did Lincoln's political associations change in the 1850s? What party had he been affiliated with?
4. What was the global and national status of slavery during the late 1700s and early 1800s?
5. When was the Dred Scott Decision handed down from the Supreme Court? What did it declare?
6. What influences from Lincoln's childhood does the author attribute to his beliefs about slavery in Chapter 2?
7. What did Lincoln argue regarding free labor in the South, as described in Chapter 4?
8. Where was Lincoln's income mostly derived in the 1840s? What does the author write about Lincoln's profession in Chapter 2?
9. What intention does the author state in the Preface of "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery"?
10. What was the American Colonization Society, and what did they promote?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the slavery laws of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois during Lincoln's childhood. How did the laws differ from the South to the North?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the actions of John C. Fremont and General Benjamin F. Butler. How were these men treated differently as a consequence of their actions and why?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the measures introduced by Lincoln regarding fugitive slaves in 1861. How did the border states receive Lincoln's attempts at resolution?
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