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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Nine: The New Reckoning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lincoln got Congress to sign a bill that overturned what, outlawing slavery in all federal territories?
(a) The Dred Scott decision.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(c) The Corwin Amendment.
(d) The Missouri Compromise.

2. ____________ stayed in the Union.
(a) West Vriginia and Illinois.
(b) Maryland and Missouri.
(c) Massachusetts, and Maryland.
(d) Kentucky and Illinois.

3. Why did Lincoln write to Mary Owens to release her from their engagement?
(a) He knew she did not want to marry him.
(b) He no longer wanted to get married.
(c) He was poor, did not feel he could provide for her, and did not think she would want to live in poverty while he tried to make something of himself.
(d) He no longer loved her.

4. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?
(a) Free slaves everywhere.
(b) Convince southerners to join the Union Army.
(c) Reinstate the draft.
(d) Use POWs as soldiers.

5. To what did James Shields, a state auditor and a Democrat, challenge Lincoln?
(a) A race.
(b) A duel.
(c) A game of chess.
(d) A debate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ____________, Lincoln met Mary Ann Todd, a witty young woman who could talk with him about politics.

2. Who did Lincoln think about after Willie's death?

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

4. Lincoln's small war department was __________ prepared to deal with such a colossal undertaking.

5. General Winfield Scott was _________ to take the field.

(see the answer key)

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