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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VI. Events Have Controlled Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lincoln slow to recognize the true gravity of in "There is No Cause for Such Fears"?
(a) The secession crisis.
(b) The Davis crisis.
(c) The financial crisis.
(d) The Congress crisis.

2. Who could not become a citizen of the United States according to the Dred Scott ruling?
(a) People born outside the United States.
(b) Texans.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) African Americans.

3. What did Lincoln tell Hooker not to do in "There is No Eligible Route for Us into Richmond"?
(a) Take Richmond.
(b) Pursue Lee's army.
(c) Attack Lee's army.
(d) Rest his troops.

4. What does Lincoln rail against in "It is the End of Us"?
(a) Southern troops.
(b) Southern religious ideals.
(c) Southern extortion attempts.
(d) Southern cooking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lincoln face in the senatorial election according to "A House Divided"?

2. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?

3. What became the most contentious issue of the Reconstruction era according to "A Full Pardon"?

4. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?

5. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?

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