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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. Who was "More Painful Than Pleasant" intended for?
(a) Lincoln's mother.
(b) Lincoln's sister.
(c) Lincoln's father.
(d) Lincoln's step-brother.

2. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?
(a) More money.
(b) More troops.
(c) More support from government leaders.
(d) More supplies.

3. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.
(b) McClellan's defeat.
(c) The desire to defeat General Lee.
(d) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.

4. Who did Lincoln offend in "A House Divided" according to "Construed So Differently from Any Thing Intended by Me"?
(a) Southern plantation owners.
(b) Southern States.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Democrats.

5. When was the Dred Scott case judged by the Supreme Court according to "All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Right Makes Might" written?

2. What did Lincoln see as advantageous when writing "I Accept the Nomination"?

3. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?

4. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?

5. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?

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