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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln see as advantageous when writing "I Accept the Nomination"?
(a) Being vague about policy.
(b) Being clear about his enemies in the south.
(c) Being specific about policy.
(d) Being clear about his political allies.

2. What state did Lincoln say would make a fine state on his own in "An Evil Tree Can Not Bring Forth Good Fruit"?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

3. What order did John Fremont give according to "To Conform to the Act of Congress"?
(a) To free slaves of disloyal residents.
(b) To free slaves of plantation owners.
(c) To free slaves in three cities.
(d) To free slaves of captured soldiers.

4. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?
(a) Lincoln being a pacifist.
(b) Lincoln being a politician.
(c) Lincoln being an abolitionist.
(d) Lincoln being pro-slavery.

5. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1846.

6. What was considered improper at the time of the writing of "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) Actively seeking the presidential nomination.
(b) Actively seeking financial donations.
(c) Getting on the ballot in primary elections.
(d) Actively pursuing a seat at a convention.

7. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?
(a) The public thinking it was in the hands of the states.
(b) The public thinking that slavery it was not a moral issue.
(c) The public thinking it was a financial issue.
(d) The public thinking it was in the hands of Lincoln.

8. When was the Dred Scott case judged by the Supreme Court according to "All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1859.

9. Who was "For a Vast Future Also" intended for?
(a) Mayors.
(b) Generals.
(c) The Confederacy.
(d) Congress.

10. What were the southern states doing at the time of "The Tug Has to Come"?
(a) Wrote a letter to Lincoln.
(b) Hid their money from Lincoln.
(c) Paid their dues.
(d) Putting secession in motion.

11. Who did Lincoln campaign for according to "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future"?
(a) The Democratic party.
(b) The Republican party.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The Know Nothings.

12. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) That he should help him financially.
(b) That he should put his name on the ballot.
(c) That he should support his nomination.
(d) That he should give up his seat at the convention.

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

14. Who criticized Lincoln's handling of Fremont according to "I Cannot Assume the Reckless Position"?
(a) Jacob Quincy.
(b) John Quincy.
(c) Caldwell Browning.
(d) Orville Browning.

15. What charge did Lincoln answer to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?
(a) Being Catholic.
(b) Being Franc Masson.
(c) Being an atheist.
(d) Being Mornon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many troops did Lincoln order to Fort Sumter in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?

2. Why did Lincoln vote for Polk's military spending bills?

3. What does Lincoln say of secession in"The Union is Perpetual"?

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

5. What did Lincoln urge Congress NOT to do in "The Tug Has to Come"?

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