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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. After moving to Springfield, how did Lincoln feel?
(a) He was bored.
(b) He was lonely.
(c) He was excited.
(d) He was worried.

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

3. The bill sparked what debates?
(a) Lincoln-Douglas.
(b) Lincoln-Clay.
(c) Douglas-Buchanan.
(d) Lincoln-Buchanan.

4. 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?
(a) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Missouri Compromise.
(d) The Dred Scott Decision.

5. In November Lincoln and Douglas had their first debate over what, starting a rivalry that would last years?
(a) State banks.
(b) Negro suffrage.
(c) Female suffrage.
(d) The national debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln and Mary resolved to be friends, and even wrote what together?

2. Where was Lincoln born?

3. What were Douglas' ideas causing in the Democratic party?

4. Describe Robert Todd.

5. Describe Thomas Lincoln.

(see the answer key)

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