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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Lincoln convince the court that the railroad did not have to pay county taxes?
(a) Because they do not have the money.
(b) Because they did not earn enough money to pay taxes.
(c) Because they are not-for-profit.
(d) Because they were public enterprises.

3. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?
(a) The Illinois Bill.
(b) The Mississippi Compromise.
(c) The Missouri Compromise.
(d) The Fugitive Law.

4. Douglas adopted what strategy?
(a) The "care" strategy.
(b) The "I care" strategy.
(c) The "you don't care" strategy.
(d) The "don't care" strategy.

5. The Presidential campaign of 1856 elected who?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Buchanan.
(d) Douglass.

6. 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?
(a) The Missouri Compromise.
(b) The Dred Scott Decision.
(c) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

7. Lincoln became known as what because of his tough pioneer background and his legal work with the railroad?
(a) The railroad pioneer.
(b) The Midwestern Davy Crockett.
(c) The rail splitter.
(d) The railroad man.

8. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?
(a) Yes, but only after everyone else had left.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, but only for a few moments.

9. Lincoln read voraciously and taught himself mathematics, but his real interest was in what?
(a) Art.
(b) Music.
(c) Politics.
(d) Languages.

10. Where was Lincoln born?
(a) In a log cabin in Missouri.
(b) In a log cabin in Kentucky.
(c) In a log cabin in Illinois.
(d) In a log cabin in Indiana.

11. Was Lincoln with the free-soilers?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Only at first.

12. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was Stephen A. Douglas' idea of what?
(a) A way to boost his popularity.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Popular sovereignty.

13. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?
(a) The contrast in socio-economic levels.
(b) Race riots between white men and abolitionists.
(c) Equality between men and women.
(d) Large company monopolies.

14. Where had a civil war begun?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Nebraska.

15. What two boys were born to the Lincolns?
(a) William and Thomas.
(b) Teddy and Lincoln.
(c) Sam and Todd.
(d) John and James.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?

2. The Missouri Compromise was a line dividing the North and South, above which slavery was __________.

3. When did the Lincolns move to central Illinois?

4. 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?

5. Lincoln was intimidated by Mary's _______________.

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