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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln convince the court that the railroad did not have to pay county taxes?
(a) Because they are not-for-profit.
(b) Because they do not have the money.
(c) Because they did not earn enough money to pay taxes.
(d) Because they were public enterprises.

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

3. Originally was slavery going to be allowed in the West?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Someday.
(d) Possibly.

4. Lincoln took a break from politics to focus on what?
(a) His education.
(b) His law firm.
(c) His family.
(d) His store.

5. The Republicans held a convention with Lincoln as the keynote speaker, and he gave an hour-and-a-half long impromptu speech. As what is this speech known?
(a) The Best Speech.
(b) The Worst Speech.
(c) The Lost Speech.
(d) The Last Speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln not drink alcohol?

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

3. Why did Thomas Lincoln go back to Kentucky to bring home a new wife, Sarah Bush Johnston, or "Sally?"

4. In October 1839 the Whigs held a convention and endorsed who for President, beginning the so-called Log and Cabin Campaign?

5. How did Robert Lincoln feel when his father was away on political trips?

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