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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 feel about this scandal?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Worried.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

2. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?
(a) They were well-behaved.
(b) They were honest.
(c) They were ill-behaved.
(d) They were kind.

3. Lincoln's rivals were Stephen A. Douglas, known as ____________, and the young Democrats.
(a) The Jolly Green Giant.
(b) The Mean Giant.
(c) Jack and the Giant.
(d) The Little Giant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Nancy Hanks Lincoln.

2. Kansas rejected the LeCompton Constitution, ensuring what?

3. Lincoln reiterated in the debates that the slavery issue was between who?

4. Why did Lincoln write to Mary Owens to release her from their engagement?

5. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was Stephen A. Douglas' idea of what?

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