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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Revolt Against the Fathers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?
(a) Worried.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Outraged.

2. On the way down the river to New Orleans, what happened to Lincoln and his friend's raft?
(a) It got stuck on a dock.
(b) It sank.
(c) It got stuck across a dam in New Salem.
(d) It was destroyed by rebels.

3. Lincoln was the only lawyer who did what?
(a) Got involved in politics.
(b) Rode the entire court circuit for both sessions.
(c) Became President.
(d) Owned his own law firm.

4. Lincoln and Mary secretly became engaged, and set November 4th as their wedding date. When did they tell her family?
(a) The day after the wedding.
(b) A month after the wedding.
(c) On the morning of the wedding.
(d) Two days before the wedding.

5. Who led the free-soilers?
(a) Crab Charles.
(b) Tuna Chester.
(c) Talapia Churchill.
(d) Salmon Chase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did this bill state?

2. Lincoln's rivals were Stephen A. Douglas, known as ____________, and the young Democrats.

3. When did the Lincolns move to central Illinois?

4. The Presidential campaign of 1856 elected who?

5. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?

(see the answer key)

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