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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. In ____________, Lincoln met Mary Ann Todd, a witty young woman who could talk with him about politics.
(a) September 1839.
(b) October 1839.
(c) December 1839.
(d) November 1839.

2. The Missouri Compromise was a line dividing the North and South, above which slavery was __________.
(a) Legal and below which it was illegal.
(b) Illegal and below which it was legal.
(c) Illegal and below which it was illegal in some states.
(d) Up to the private citizens.

3. ______________ declared itself "neutral" in the conflict, with people enlisting in both armies.
(a) Maryland.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Missouri.

4. Originally was slavery going to be allowed in the West?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Possibly.
(d) Someday.

5. Lincoln's Republicans wanted him to pin Douglas down on what?
(a) His beliefs about slavery.
(b) His tax evasion.
(c) His illegal actions.
(d) All the contradictions he had made in his campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln took a break from politics to focus on what?

2. What would relieve Lincoln's depression and allow him to escape for a little while?

3. In January __________, a Lincoln campaign for Presidential candidacy was officially underway.

4. Lincoln preached what?

5. After inauguration, the President passed what, declaring the Declaration a white man's document, and that Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in any of the territories?

(see the answer key)

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