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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. What did Fremont do in Missouri without Lincoln's permission?
(a) Began a civil war within the state.
(b) Created a militia.
(c) Allowed slavery to exist.
(d) Declared martial law.

2. What did Democrats call Lincoln?
(a) A Know-Nothing.
(b) A great leader.
(c) An insane man.
(d) A warmonger and an abolitionist.

3. Lincoln ran his Senatorial campaign against Douglas for what reason?
(a) For his father.
(b) For personal gain.
(c) For Mary.
(d) On principle.

4. Kansas rejected the LeCompton Constitution, ensuring what?
(a) It could be a free state.
(b) It would eventually be a free state.
(c) It would eventually be a slave state.
(d) It would be a slave state.

5. How did Robert Lincoln feel when his father was away on political trips?
(a) He missed him.
(b) He was bored.
(c) He was happy.
(d) He worried about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lincoln's first cabinet appointment?

2. Anti-Nebraska groups began calling themselves what?

3. What school did Lincoln attend irregularly between ages 11 and 15, developing interests in reading, poetry, penmanship, and the early years of the American Republic?

4. General Lee shocked the Union by doing what?

5. When the Kansas-Nebraska Bill was passed, it left the status of slavery up to who?

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