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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 the way down the river to New Orleans, what happened to Lincoln and his friend's raft?
(a) It got stuck across a dam in New Salem.
(b) It was destroyed by rebels.
(c) It got stuck on a dock.
(d) It sank.

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

3. What did this bill state?
(a) Slavery should be legal in all states.
(b) Slavery would be illegal.
(c) Slavery would be banned in the northern states.
(d) Slavery should be legal in the territories.

4. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Worried.

5. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?
(a) The start of the Civil War.
(b) A huge mistake.
(c) A Republican plot to overthrow the South.
(d) Lincoln's doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln took a break from politics to focus on what?

2. How did Douglas treat Lincoln at this debate?

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

4. Who won the Senate seat?

5. Lincoln became known as ___________ lawyer.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Lincoln unique as a lawyer?

4. What children were born amid these deaths?

5. What did free-soilers think about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill? Why?

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

7. Why did Lincoln become known as a railroad lawyer?

8. What did Lincoln think about the Mexican War?

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

10. With what is Lincoln concerned? How does he feel this issue should be handled?

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