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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The issue of interracial marriage was considered to be what kind of issue?
(a) Societal
(b) Dead
(c) Emotional
(d) Irrelevant

2. According to Wills, Lincoln's speech is _______________.
(a) Prose-like
(b) Full of lament
(c) Overly emotional
(d) Dry

3. Who was the president of the Southern states?
(a) Robert E. Lee
(b) George Meade
(c) Jefferson Davis
(d) Stonewall Jackson

4. Lincoln believed that what action would help to deter slavery?
(a) Confinement
(b) Political speeches
(c) New laws
(d) Imprisonment for slave owners

5. Henry Clay was not a member of which political group?
(a) Whigs
(b) Judicial Branch
(c) Senate
(d) House of Representatives

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the commander of the Southern army?

2. How many men were lost on each side of the Battle of Gettysburg?

3. When Lincoln would go off by himself, he referred to it as _______________.

4. Lincoln originally assured Southerners that he would not argue against which act?

5. Because he grew up in a rural setting, Lincoln had many opportunities to witness what event(s)?

(see the answer key)

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