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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: Storm Center.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas adopted what strategy?
(a) The "you don't care" strategy.
(b) The "don't care" strategy.
(c) The "care" strategy.
(d) The "I care" strategy.

2. In October 1859, a band of Northern abolitionists tried to capture ____________, a town in Virginia, and start a rebellion.
(a) Alberta.
(b) Harpers Ferry.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Clarksville.

3. What were Douglas' ideas causing in the Democratic party?
(a) Cohesiveness.
(b) Major rifts.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Confidence.

4. The Presidential campaign of 1856 elected who?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Douglass.
(c) Buchanan.
(d) Lincoln.

5. Lincoln's rivals were Stephen A. Douglas, known as ____________, and the young Democrats.
(a) The Mean Giant.
(b) Jack and the Giant.
(c) The Little Giant.
(d) The Jolly Green Giant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Their first debate was in what town?

2. After moving to Springfield, how did Lincoln feel?

3. Lincoln became known as ___________ lawyer.

4. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?

5. Lincoln's small war department was __________ prepared to deal with such a colossal undertaking.

(see the answer key)

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