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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. Originally was slavery going to be allowed in the West?
(a) Possibly.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Someday.

2. For what case did Lincoln become famous?
(a) The McLean County tax case.
(b) Upjohn Company v. Arizona DOR.
(c) Missouri v. CoBank.
(d) The Goldman tax case.

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

4. Their first debate was in what town?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Ottawa.
(d) Peoria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?

2. Lincoln and Mary secretly became engaged, and set November 4th as their wedding date. When did they tell her family?

3. What event perpetuated Lincoln's fatalistic beliefs and preoccupation with death?

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

5. After inauguration, the President passed what, declaring the Declaration a white man's document, and that Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in any of the territories?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mary Todd.

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

4. Describe Lincoln's early education.

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

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

7. How was Lincoln unique as a lawyer?

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

9. Describe Douglas and Lincoln's first debate.

10. What was the Dred Scott decision?

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