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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IV. We Cannot Escape History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of Lincoln key objectives in the war according to "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His"?
(a) East Tennessee.
(b) North Tennessee.
(c) South Tennessee.
(d) West Tennessee.

2. Who did Lincoln express his frustration with for not voting for the Party candidate in the presidential election?
(a) Pro slavery.
(b) Whigs.
(c) Know Nothing.
(d) Abolitionists.

3. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) That he should put his name on the ballot.
(b) That he should support his nomination.
(c) That he should give up his seat at the convention.
(d) That he should help him financially.

4. What charge did Lincoln answer to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?
(a) Being Franc Masson.
(b) Being Mornon.
(c) Being an atheist.
(d) Being Catholic.

5. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?
(a) His penmanship.
(b) His military skills.
(c) His negotiating skills.
(d) His rhetoric skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?

2. What was "The Union is Perpetual" written for?

3. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?

4. What was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?

5. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?

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