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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?
(a) Slave states.
(b) Confederate states.
(c) Border states.
(d) Free states.

2. What theory does Lincoln try to disprove in "Opens the Way for All"?
(a) The mudsill theory.
(b) The free labor theory.
(c) The value theory.
(d) The theory of appropriation.

3. When was "Right Makes Might" written?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1861.

4. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1835.

5. What was "The Union is Perpetual" written for?
(a) A letter to his constituents.
(b) His inaugural address.
(c) His first speech to Congress.
(d) A letter to his wife.

6. At what age did Lincoln stop working on the family farm?
(a) 18.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

7. What does Lincoln not believe in according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Negotiations.
(c) Racial equality.
(d) War.

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

9. How many troops did Lincoln order to Fort Sumter in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) 125000.
(b) 25000.
(c) 250000.
(d) 75,000.

10. What did Lincoln refuse to do according to "It is the End of Us"?
(a) Compromise on finances.
(b) Compromise on slavery.
(c) Compromise on religious freedom.
(d) Compromise on extortion.

11. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1834.

12. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1855.

13. What is the most important characteristic of the ideal lawyer according to "Resolve to Be Honest"?
(a) Courage.
(b) Rhetoric skills.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Timeliness.

14. What does Lincoln say of secession in"The Union is Perpetual"?
(a) That no state had the right to secede.
(b) That it would hurt the economy.
(c) That it would be the cause of financial collapse.
(d) That it could be necessary, but not in this case.

15. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?
(a) Desire for expansion.
(b) Restraint and self control.
(c) Education.
(d) Will power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?

3. When was "A Moral, a Social, and a Political Wrong" written?

4. What was the worry according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?

5. When was Lincoln elected in the state legislature according to "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will"?

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