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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. Why did Lincoln not drink alcohol?
(a) He was very religious.
(b) He did not like the taste of it.
(c) He could not afford it.
(d) It threatened his self-control.

2. When did the Lincolns move to central Illinois?
(a) March 1829.
(b) March 1828.
(c) March 1831.
(d) March 1830.

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

4. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?
(a) Yes, but only for a few moments.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but only after everyone else had left.
(d) No.

5. Why did Thomas Lincoln go back to Kentucky to bring home a new wife, Sarah Bush Johnston, or "Sally?"
(a) His household was floundering.
(b) He fell in love with Sally.
(c) His children asked him for a mother.
(d) He was lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?

2. When the Kansas-Nebraska Bill was passed, it left the status of slavery up to who?

3. What bill did Stephen A. Douglas create?

4. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?

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

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