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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Eleven: Moody, Tearful Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Douglas treat Lincoln at this debate?
(a) As if they were friends.
(b) As if Lincoln were unintelligent.
(c) As if he were on trial.
(d) As if Lincoln were innocent.

2. Though Salmon Chase was favored to run against Lincoln for the Republican nomination, what scandal erased any hope Chase had for the nomination?
(a) The Pomeroy Circular.
(b) Yazoo Land.
(c) Civil War Profiteering.
(d) Gould and Fisk.

3. Rebels laid siege to what fort?
(a) Fort Atkinson.
(b) Fort Craig.
(c) Fort Knox.
(d) Fort Sumter.

4. In __________ Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant won a victory for the Union, though rumors persisted that he was a drunk.
(a) Eastern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Western.
(d) Northern.

5. What did Mary turn to for help when her son died?
(a) Her neighbors.
(b) Religion.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her social group.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what did James Shields, a state auditor and a Democrat, challenge Lincoln?

3. Lincoln's rivals were Stephen A. Douglas, known as ____________, and the young Democrats.

4. Anti-Nebraska groups began calling themselves what?

5. Lincoln declared a blockade of the Southern coast, and was trying desperately to keep the border states in the Union, including what states?

(see the answer key)

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