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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. Why was war never declared between the Union and the Confederacy?

2. What does Lincoln say of secession in"The Union is Perpetual"?

3. When was the Dred Scott case judged by the Supreme Court according to "All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?

4. What did Lincoln belittle in "A Question of Interest"?

5. What was considered improper at the time of the writing of "The Taste is in My Mouth"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln want John Fremont to modify?

3. How does Lincoln portray himself in his last speech prior to the 1858 election?

4. What was Lincoln slow to recognize?

5. What did Lincoln order?

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

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

8. When was Lincoln unusually emotional?

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

10. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Lincoln's election affected the South's decision to secede.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the history of the Whig Party policies and the reason Lincoln advocated for the diversion of federal funds to the state.

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