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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. Kansas rejected the LeCompton Constitution, ensuring what?
(a) It would eventually be a slave state.
(b) It could be a free state.
(c) It would be a slave state.
(d) It would eventually be a free state.

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

3. Lincoln ran his Senatorial campaign against Douglas for what reason?
(a) For his father.
(b) On principle.
(c) For Mary.
(d) For personal gain.

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

5. What was Abraham's first job?
(a) He was a sexton at the Pigeon Creek Baptist Church.
(b) He was a store clerk.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a banker.

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. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?

3. Lincoln wanted to run for a senate seat, but he could not. Why not?

4. What political party was gaining favor from abolitionists in the North?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened between Lincoln and Mary Owens?

3. Describe the political environment at this time. What did this mean for the Whigs?

4. How was Lincoln unique as a lawyer?

5. How did Mary and Abraham handle her family's desire to see their relationship end?

6. Describe Lincoln's personality as a young man.

7. With what deaths do the Lincolns have to deal?

8. What was Lincoln's first job? How might this have affected his opinion on slavery?

9. Describe Lincoln's early education.

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

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