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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III. The Perpetuity of Popular Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?
(a) By Canada.
(b) By forces within.
(c) By Mexico.
(d) By slaves.

2. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1852.

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

4. Who made the charge Lincoln answered to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) A prominent Preacher.
(c) A political opponent.
(d) One of his constituents.

5. What did Lincoln consider the Civil War to be a test of according to "A People's Contest"?
(a) Lincoln himself.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Human resolve.
(d) Republican ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?

2. When was "Right Makes Might" written?

3. Who criticized Lincoln's handling of Fremont according to "I Cannot Assume the Reckless Position"?

4. When did Polk start a war with Mexico according to "No One Man Should Hold the Power"?

5. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?

(see the answer key)

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