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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anti-Nebraska groups began calling themselves what?

2. Who won the Senate seat?

3. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?

4. What school did Lincoln attend irregularly between ages 11 and 15, developing interests in reading, poetry, penmanship, and the early years of the American Republic?

5. Why did Lincoln believe Douglas allied with Southern leaders?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Robert Lincoln.

3. Describe Mary Todd.

4. What did the bill spark?

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

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

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

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

9. What were the results when Lincoln and Douglas put themselves forth as Presidential candidates?

10. What children were born amid these deaths?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lincoln has a vision.

Part 1) Describe this vision. How is it related to his obsession? How does it affect him?

Part 2) How does this vision and Mary's interpretation of it act as foreshadowing? What other foreshadowing takes place?

Part 3) How dose this vision reflect his personality? How does this side of his personality contrast his public persona?

Essay Topic 2

Lincoln has an obsession with death.

Part 1) Describe this obsession. Why might it have begun? What events exacerbated it?

Part 2) How can this be seen as foreshadowing? How does it affect him throughout his life?

Part 3) What is the connection between this obsession and his religious beliefs?

Essay Topic 3

Sherman burns cities in the South.

Part 1) What is the reason for this strategy? Is it effective? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does Sherman compare to other military leaders in the Civil War? How necessary is he to the Union? Explain.

Part 3) Should Sherman have burned cities in the south? Why or why not? How has this destruction affected the South? How is this destruction still seen today?

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