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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 a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections?
2. As they campaigned for the Senate in 1858, Lincoln and his supporters decided to invite who to debate the issues?
3. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?
4. Slavery had been prohibited in Indiana and Illinois since what year?
5. Who was the 13th President of the United States?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was significant about the 1856 presidential election for Lincoln's career?
2. What was Lincoln's main aim in criticizing President Polk, as discussed in Chapter 2?
3. What led to the split in the Democratic Party before the 1860 presidential election? What did Lincoln remark about this split?
4. When and why did the Republican Party emerge in the 1850s? How did Lincoln fit in with the Republicans?
5. What factions of the Republican Party did Lincoln clash with regarding the slavery issues in Chapter 3?
6. What influences from Lincoln's childhood does the author attribute to his beliefs about slavery in Chapter 2?
7. What was the central political issue regarding slavery in the 1840s, as discussed in Chapter 2?
8. How did Lincoln's political associations change in the 1850s? What party had he been affiliated with?
9. How did the abolitionists go about promoting abolition in the beginning of their movement, as described in Chapter 1?
10. What laws prevented equality between states of the North and South, as discussed in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, and the presidential elections of 1848. How was Lincoln involved in campaigning?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the measures introduced by Lincoln regarding fugitive slaves in 1861. How did the border states receive Lincoln's attempts at resolution?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Whig Party and its history. When was the Whig Party established? What were its core tenets?
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