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

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

3. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?
(a) To make an example.
(b) To humiliate Stephen Douglas.
(c) To prevent distention in Congress.
(d) To avoid further embarrassment to his family.

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

5. What did Lincoln stress in "The Union is Perpetual"?
(a) That the Union must stay together.
(b) That the north was free of sin.
(c) That the north would not pay for the crimes of the south.
(d) That the north had remained silent long enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln call radicals in "The Jewel of Liberty"?

2. What did Lincoln ask Sherman to do in "Go Far Towards Losing the Whole Union Cause"?

3. When was "Right Makes Might" written?

4. What was "The Eternal Struggle Between Right and Wrong" written for?

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

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