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

2. Who was Lincoln's idol?
(a) William Henry Harrison.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Benjamin Harrison.
(d) Clay Aiken.

3. Lincoln focused on _____________ Illinois, because this part of the state would be the deciding factor.
(a) Southern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Central.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary turn to for help when her son died?

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

3. Who led the free-soilers?

4. Their first debate was in what town?

5. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Republicans want Lincoln to pin down Douglas?

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

3. How do the Lincolns raise their children?

4. What children were born amid these deaths?

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

6. What was the "Lost Speech?"

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

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

9. What was significant about Kansas' rejection of the LeCompton Constitution?

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

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