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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. After moving to Springfield, how did Lincoln feel?

2. Originally was slavery going to be allowed in the West?

3. Lincoln became known as what because of his tough pioneer background and his legal work with the railroad?

4. How did Lincoln feel without Mary?

5. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was Stephen A. Douglas' idea of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Dred Scott decision?

2. Describe Mary Todd.

3. What happened between Lincoln and Mary Owens?

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

5. What did the bill spark?

6. Describe Douglas and Lincoln's first debate.

7. What might have begun Lincoln's fascination with madness?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse.

Part 1) Describe the events that lead up to this surrender. How did the Confederates lose their control over the war?

Part 2) How does this affect the south and the reconciliation of the Union?

Part 3) How might this surrender and the victory of the Union play a role in Lincoln's assassination?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809.

Part 1) Describe his childhood. How did the skills he learned as a child benefit him as an adult?

Part 2) Do his personality and interests predispose him to the career he would have as an adult? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does Lincoln's childhood compare to your own? How does your personality affect decisions you make and interests you have?

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