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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. Lincoln and Mary resolved to be friends, and even wrote what together?
(a) Political articles.
(b) Political satire.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Novels.

2. Where were the Lincolns married?
(a) Edwards mansion.
(b) The Courthouse.
(c) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(d) Lincoln's home.

3. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?
(a) A Republican plot to overthrow the South.
(b) A huge mistake.
(c) Lincoln's doing.
(d) The start of the Civil War.

4. In October 1839 the Whigs held a convention and endorsed who for President, beginning the so-called Log and Cabin Campaign?
(a) William Henry Harrison.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Benjamin Harrison.

5. Lincoln became known as what because of his tough pioneer background and his legal work with the railroad?
(a) The railroad man.
(b) The Midwestern Davy Crockett.
(c) The rail splitter.
(d) The railroad pioneer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?

2. After a month of preparation, the Grand Army met the rebels where, though the Grand Army was ill-trained and the Union suffered a humiliating defeat?

3. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?

4. Why did Lincoln believe Douglas allied with Southern leaders?

5. Kansas rejected the LeCompton Constitution, ensuring what?

(see the answer key)

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