View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Years of Meteors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Lincoln's idol?
(a) Benjamin Harrison.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Clay Aiken.
(d) William Henry Harrison.

2. What bill did Stephen A. Douglas create?
(a) The Kansas Bill.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(c) The Missouri Bill.
(d) The Nebraska Bill.

3. In October 1859, a band of Northern abolitionists tried to capture ____________, a town in Virginia, and start a rebellion.
(a) Clarksville.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Harpers Ferry.
(d) Richmond.

4. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?
(a) The start of the Civil War.
(b) Lincoln's doing.
(c) A huge mistake.
(d) A Republican plot to overthrow the South.

5. Where were the Lincolns married?
(a) Edwards mansion.
(b) The Courthouse.
(c) Lincoln's home.
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Robert Todd.

2. Lincoln was interested in patent cases and participated in the Supreme Court of Illinois, winning most of his _______ cases there.

3. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?

4. Lincoln was intimidated by Mary's _______________.

5. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 187 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample