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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the Lincolns married?
(a) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(b) The Courthouse.
(c) Edwards mansion.
(d) Lincoln's home.

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

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

4. Why did Lincoln believe Douglas allied with Southern leaders?
(a) To please the people.
(b) To help the leaders.
(c) To protect the Union.
(d) To gain his own ends.

5. In October 1859, a band of Northern abolitionists tried to capture ____________, a town in Virginia, and start a rebellion.
(a) Richmond.
(b) Harpers Ferry.
(c) Clarksville.
(d) Alberta.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lincoln born?

2. Lincoln reiterated in the debates that the slavery issue was between who?

3. Lincoln was interested in patent cases and participated in the Supreme Court of Illinois, winning most of his _______ cases there.

4. Lincoln read voraciously and taught himself mathematics, but his real interest was in what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the effects of Douglas' "don't care" attitude?

2. How was Lincoln unique as a lawyer?

3. Who were Abraham Lincoln's parents?

4. What was the "Lost Speech?"

5. How do the Lincolns raise their children?

6. What might have begun Lincoln's fascination with madness?

7. What was the Missouri Compromise? How did the Kansas-Nebraska Bill affect the Missouri Compromise?

8. What children were born amid these deaths?

9. Describe Douglas and Lincoln's first debate.

10. How does "Sally" come to be a part of the Lincoln family?

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