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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Ten: Mighty Scourge of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Kansas-Nebraska Bill was passed, it left the status of slavery up to who?
(a) Congress.
(b) The people who settled in the territory.
(c) The President.
(d) The Governors.

2. Who were refuges for Lincoln?
(a) His wife and son, Robert.
(b) His close friends.
(c) Lincoln's cabinet members.
(d) Lincoln's boys Willie and Tad.

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

4. Lincoln decided to post Henry Halleck as what, trying to find a man who would fight for him?
(a) Major General.
(b) Brevet Brigadier General.
(c) General in Chief.
(d) Brevet Lieutenant General.

5. What was Abraham's first job?
(a) He was a store clerk.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) He was a sexton at the Pigeon Creek Baptist Church.
(d) He was a banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?

2. He entered into a law practice with John Todd Stuart, and won his first court case. What type of case was this?

3. Describe Thomas Lincoln.

4. In 1858, Lincoln gave what famous speech at the Republican convention?

5. Lincoln became known as what because of his tough pioneer background and his legal work with the railroad?

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