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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. Lincoln became known as ___________ lawyer.
(a) The uneducated.
(b) A railroad.
(c) Backwoods.
(d) Kentucky.

2. What did Lincoln give Mary with the inscription "Love is Eternal?"
(a) A ring.
(b) A broach.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A bracelet.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Lincolns married?

2. Lincoln wanted to run for a senate seat, but he could not. Why not?

3. Was Lincoln advocating war?

4. Douglas adopted what strategy?

5. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?

(see the answer key)

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