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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Eight: This Fiery Trial.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert E. Lee decided to fight for whom?
(a) The Union.
(b) The Confederates.
(c) No one.
(d) The British.

2. In the Senate, John J. Crittenden proposed the Crittenden Plan which suggested what?
(a) Moving the location of the Missouri Compromise line, abolishing slavery in some southern states.
(b) Reviving the Missouri Compromise line, abolishing slavery above it, and protecting slavery below it.
(c) Abolishing the Missouri Compromise line, encouraging slavery.
(d) Moving the Missouri Compromise line, encouraging slavery in some northern states.

3. On what topic did Lincoln agree with Henry Clay?
(a) The Missouri Compromise is a good idea.
(b) Negroes were not subhuman, and should have Constitutional rights.
(c) Slavery should be decided by individuals.
(d) The North and South should be separated.

4. He entered into a law practice with John Todd Stuart, and won his first court case. What type of case was this?
(a) Murder.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Theft.
(d) Armed Robbery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was formed for what reason?

2. After his election, Lincoln had a troubling ________.

3. 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?

4. What political party was gaining favor from abolitionists in the North?

5. McClellan's _____________ was a huge problem.

(see the answer key)

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