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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Nine: The New Reckoning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?
(a) He did not want to buy his right to be peacefully inaugurated.
(b) He was afraid to upset the Southern and border states.
(c) He did not want slavery to exist in the Union.
(d) He refused to make any compromises throughout his Presidency.

2. Lincoln was very busy, often with over _________ visitors a day, and his right hand was swollen and sore from all the shaking.
(a) 100.
(b) 1000.
(c) 150.
(d) 50.

3. Who was Lincoln's first cabinet appointment?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War.
(b) William H. Seward as Secretary of State.
(c) John P. Usher as Secretary of the Interior.
(d) William P. Fessenden as Secretary of the Treasury.

4. Lincoln took a break from politics to focus on what?
(a) His law firm.
(b) His family.
(c) His store.
(d) His education.

5. Who was Lincoln's idol?
(a) William Henry Harrison.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Clay Aiken.
(d) Benjamin Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lincoln's inauguration speech, he promised first and foremost to do what?

2. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?

3. Lincoln put ______________ Hooker in command of the Potomac Army.

4. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?

5. Virginia officially seceded on April 17, and the Confederacy declared ____________ its capital.

(see the answer key)

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