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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bill did Stephen A. Douglas create?
(a) The Nebraska Bill.
(b) The Missouri Bill.
(c) The Kansas Bill.
(d) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.

3. In January __________, a Lincoln campaign for Presidential candidacy was officially underway.
(a) 1858.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1857.

4. In November Lincoln and Douglas had their first debate over what, starting a rivalry that would last years?
(a) The national debt.
(b) Female suffrage.
(c) Negro suffrage.
(d) State banks.

5. The Republicans held a convention with Lincoln as the keynote speaker, and he gave an hour-and-a-half long impromptu speech. As what is this speech known?
(a) The Last Speech.
(b) The Lost Speech.
(c) The Worst Speech.
(d) The Best Speech.

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

7. The Missouri Compromise was a line dividing the North and South, above which slavery was __________.
(a) Illegal and below which it was illegal in some states.
(b) Up to the private citizens.
(c) Legal and below which it was illegal.
(d) Illegal and below which it was legal.

8. Describe Robert Todd.
(a) Bored.
(b) Extroverted.
(c) Rude.
(d) Introverted.

9. Who led the free-soilers?
(a) Tuna Chester.
(b) Crab Charles.
(c) Talapia Churchill.
(d) Salmon Chase.

10. Lincoln was a member of what political party?
(a) The Democratic party.
(b) The Whig party.
(c) The Green party.
(d) The Know-Nothing party.

11. Lincoln was interested in patent cases and participated in the Supreme Court of Illinois, winning most of his _______ cases there.
(a) 432.
(b) 234.
(c) 423.
(d) 243.

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

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

14. Lincoln wanted to run for a senate seat, but he could not. Why not?
(a) He was a member of the legislature.
(b) He was very ill.
(c) He was already a member of the senate.
(d) No one wanted to vote for him.

15. Lincoln and Mary resolved to be friends, and even wrote what together?
(a) Political satire.
(b) Political articles.
(c) Novels.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Their first debate was in what town?

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

3. Was Lincoln with the free-soilers?

4. Sixteen-year-old Abraham grew estranged from his farmer father. Why?

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

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