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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 Union is Perpetual" written for?

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

3. What is the topic of "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy"?

4. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?

5. When was the Kansas-Nebraska act signed according to "Our Republican Robe is Soiled"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Lincoln confess to Senator Lyman Trumbull?

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

5. What did Lincoln order?

6. What is the legitimate object of government according to Lincoln in "Half Slave and Half Free"?

7. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

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

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

10. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lincoln's decision to support Henry Clay over James K. Polk.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of General Robert E. Lee in the Civil War and the significance of his surrender at the end of the war.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the meaning of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the reason Lincoln gave the address.

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