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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 theory does Lincoln try to disprove in "Opens the Way for All"?

2. What was Lincoln slow to recognize the true gravity of in "There is No Cause for Such Fears"?

3. What did the Whigs support according to "Bow to It I Never Will"?

4. How does Lincoln portray Republicans concerning slavery?

5. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln want John Fremont to modify?

2. What did Lincoln confess to Senator Lyman Trumbull?

3. When was Lincoln unusually emotional?

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

5. What did Lincoln order?

6. What act was drawn in 1854 that brought Lincoln out of a five year political retirement?

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

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

9. How did Lincoln hone his argument by the sixth debate in Illinois in 1858?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine the significance of profiteering during the Civil War and its impact on slaves.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Abraham Lincoln's personal background and why it may have influenced his belief in the free labor theory.

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