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

2. Why did Lincoln vote for Polk's military spending bills?
(a) He did not want to endanger the troops.
(b) He felt it would give me political gain.
(c) His district was pro-war.
(d) He was pro-war.

3. When did Polk start a war with Mexico according to "No One Man Should Hold the Power"?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1848.

4. 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) African Americans.
(d) Native Americans.

5. What line of the Declaration did Lincoln cite in"All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?
(a) This expresses my idea of democracy.
(b) A house divided.
(c) Four score and seven years.
(d) All men are created equal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?

2. What was to become of Alexander Stephens according to the editor?

3. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?

4. How does Lincoln portray Republicans concerning slavery?

5. What does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?

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