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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 is the most important characteristic of the ideal lawyer according to "Resolve to Be Honest"?

2. How does Lincoln portray Republicans concerning slavery?

3. What was the worry according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?

4. What did Lincoln consider the Civil War to be a test of according to "A People's Contest"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lincoln contrast the "mud-sill" theory with?

2. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

3. What did Lincoln confess to Senator Lyman Trumbull?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

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

10. Why did Lincoln criticize James K. Polk?

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the significance of the Douglas-Lincoln debate and how Lincoln used these debates to hone his rhetoric against Douglas and the pro-slavery stance.

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