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

2. Why did Lincoln write "I am Young and Unknown"?

3. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?

4. What did Lincoln refuse to do according to "It is the End of Us"?

5. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lincoln state about a house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Lincoln want John Fremont to modify?

10. What kind of existence did Lincoln's family lead?

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 Lincoln's conclusions about the three things necessary to bring an end to the war.

Essay Topic 3

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

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