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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Lincoln say was one of government's most important roles in "The Legitimate Object of Government"?
(a) Address crimes and wrongdoing.
(b) Support the economy.
(c) Raise taxes.
(d) Wedge war.

5. How does Lincoln portray himself in "For, and Not Against the Union"?
(a) As a Catholic.
(b) As a slave owner.
(c) As a moderate.
(d) As an abolitionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the charge Lincoln answered to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?

2. What order did John Fremont give according to "To Conform to the Act of Congress"?

3. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?

4. Who did Lincoln campaign for according to "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future"?

5. What does Lincoln rail against in "It is the End of Us"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

2. What does Lincoln contrast the "mud-sill" theory with?

3. Who was Grace Bedell and what did she suggest to Lincoln?

4. What does Lincoln state about a house?

5. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

6. What effect did Lincoln's speech in February 1860 have?

7. What characteristics does Lincoln consider in the ideal lawyer?

8. What did a political opponent charge Lincoln with in 1846?

9. When was Lincoln unusually emotional?

10. What has attracted historians to Abraham Lincoln according to the "Preface"?

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