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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. Lincoln ran his Senatorial campaign against Douglas for what reason?

2. Who won the Senate seat?

3. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?

4. Douglas tried to put himself forth as the Democratic Presidential candidate, but he completely alienated Southern Democrats with what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Robert Lincoln.

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

4. What did Lincoln think about the Mexican War?

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

6. What children were born amid these deaths?

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

8. What did the bill spark?

9. What political party did Lincoln join? Who were their rivals?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Lincolns suffer the death of two of their children.

Part 1) Describe these deaths. How do they affect Mary and Abraham? How do these deaths affect their relationship?

Part 2) How is death prevalent in Lincoln's life? How does Lincoln deal with this?

Part 3) How do you deal with death and loss? How does this compare to Lincoln and Mary?

Essay Topic 2

Lincoln believes that Negroes have Constitutional rights.

Part 1) Why does he believe they have Constitutional rights? How does this belief compare to the beliefs of others?

Part 2) How important is this belief throughout his political career? How important is the war to his beliefs? Why?

Part 3) How have his beliefs affected the U.S. as we know it? How different might our culture be without this belief of Lincoln and the Civil War?

Essay Topic 3

Lincoln makes plans for emancipation.

Part 1) What is emancipation? How does he make plans for emancipation? How do others influence his plans?

Part 2) What role does the Civil War play in the ability for emancipation to occur? What do others think about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? Why?

Part 3) Could the North have won the war without the emancipation? Why or why not?

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