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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Lincoln portray Republicans concerning slavery?

3. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?

4. When did Polk start a war with Mexico according to "No One Man Should Hold the Power"?

5. What does Lincoln not believe in according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln write in 1832 according to '"Peculiar Ambition"?

2. What did the South do after Lincoln's election in "The Perpetuity of Popular Government"?

3. What does Lincoln state about his belief in racial equality?

4. What will tear the Union asunder according to Lincoln's address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield?

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

6. What did Lincoln want John Fremont to modify?

7. What does the autobiographical sketch of Lincoln provide based on the "Prologue"?

8. What does Lincoln express frustration with in regards to Henry Clay?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss John Wilkes Booth's concerns regarding President Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric and political strategies.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss presidential powers and the significance of Lincoln's decision to pocket-veto the Wade-Davis Bill of July 1864.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the meaning and impact of the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's decision to issue the proclamation.

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