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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 and Mary resolved to be friends, and even wrote what together?

2. What bill did Stephen A. Douglas create?

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

4. 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?

5. Lincoln focused on _____________ Illinois, because this part of the state would be the deciding factor.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Lincoln unique as a lawyer?

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

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

6. What was the Dred Scott decision?

7. What did the bill spark?

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

9. What were the consequences of Lincoln's "House Divided" speech?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lincoln and Douglas hold many debates and give many speeches.

Part 1) Who is Douglas? Compare Douglas and Lincoln. Describe Lincoln and Douglas' relationship.

Part 2) Describe their debates and speeches. How did this competition between these two men affect the U.S. at this time, including the beliefs of the general public, politics, war, and the institution of slavery?

Part 3) Do debates and speeches such as this influence us today? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Lincoln opened a country store with Jon Berry, but they went into debt.

Part 1) How did this debt occur? How did it affect Lincoln? What did he learn from this?

Part 2) What did he call this debt? Why might he have called it this?

Part 3) What can we as Americans learn from Lincoln's debt and his process of dealing with it?

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