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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?
(a) They were ill-behaved.
(b) They were well-behaved.
(c) They were honest.
(d) They were kind.

3. Lincoln preached what?
(a) Impassioned demonstrations rather than reason and calculated solutions.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Reason and calculated solutions rather than impassioned demonstrations.
(d) Imperialism.

4. Insecurities with whom would plague him for many years?
(a) Women.
(b) His father.
(c) Other politicians.
(d) His stepmother.

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

6. Why did Lincoln not drink alcohol?
(a) It threatened his self-control.
(b) He did not like the taste of it.
(c) He was very religious.
(d) He could not afford it.

7. How did Lincoln feel without Mary?
(a) Content.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Worried.
(d) Relieved.

8. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?
(a) Excited.
(b) Outraged.
(c) Worried.
(d) Happy.

9. What were Douglas' ideas causing in the Democratic party?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Cohesiveness.
(c) Major rifts.
(d) Confusion.

10. Though Buchanan sent men to use patronage in Lincoln's favor, Lincoln was wary of accepting favors from anyone. Why?
(a) He wanted to remain honest.
(b) He did not want to have to return favors.
(c) He does not trust anyone.
(d) He is very independent.

11. Sixteen-year-old Abraham grew estranged from his farmer father. Why?
(a) His father did not understand his son's desire for education.
(b) His father was cruel and unfeeling.
(c) His father did not understand his son's desire to be President.
(d) His father wanted him to be educated.

12. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?
(a) April 1, 1850.
(b) May 1, 1850.
(c) February 1, 1850.
(d) March 1, 1850.

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

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

15. Lincoln reiterated in the debates that the slavery issue was between who?
(a) The people of the western territories.
(b) Lincoln and Douglas.
(c) The North and the South.
(d) The Union and the Declaration of Independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?

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

3. In January __________, a Lincoln campaign for Presidential candidacy was officially underway.

4. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?

5. Why did Thomas Lincoln go back to Kentucky to bring home a new wife, Sarah Bush Johnston, or "Sally?"

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