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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. The bill sparked what debates?

2. Was Lincoln advocating war?

3. Where were the Lincolns married?

4. When was Lincoln born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Lincolns raise their children?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the "Lost Speech?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a great amount of political turmoil throughout Lincoln's career in politics.

Part 1) Describe this political turmoil. What caused this turmoil? How did Lincoln and other respond to it?

Part 2) How did Lincoln and others help to create this turmoil? How does this turmoil affect our world today?

Part 3) What political turmoil exists in our world today? How does it compare to the turmoil of the 19th century?

Essay Topic 2

Many changes occur due to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Part 1) What is the Emancipation Proclamation? Why does the Emancipation Proclamation take place? How does it change events in the war? Are these changes good? Why or why not?

Part 2) Was the Emancipation Proclamation necessary to end the war? Why or why not? Did most U.S. citizens want the Emancipation Proclamation? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might the Emancipation Proclamation have helped to change the minds of American citizens? How might it also have been detrimental in the minds of some Americans?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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