2. Lincoln originally assured Southerners that he would not argue against which act?
(a) The Dred Scott Case
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act
(c) The Fugitive Slave Act
(d) Crittenden Amendment

3. The translation of "Arete" is:
(a) Victory
(b) Sorrow
(c) Stop
(d) Valor

4. Lincoln's style made him good at writing what documents?
(a) Telegrams
(b) Thank you notes
(c) Love letters
(d) Legal briefs

5. According to the author, Lincoln was responsible for bringing all but one of these items to his Gettysburg Address:
(a) Language
(b) Myth
(c) Imagery
(d) Victory

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel Webster was known as a great _______________.

2. Lincoln's depression was considered to be a sign of _________________.

3. Where is Gettysburg?

4. To learn to write well, Lincoln studied Hugh Blair's work on what topic?

5. According to the author, slaves were often referred to as "the _______ of war."

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg such an important event?

2. Why did Mrs. Lincoln engage in contact with the spirit world? How was this done?

3. What were the two flowery and overstated things Lincoln wrote in a letter to James Conkling?

4. How did Edward Everett tie into the revival?

5. What was the game often played by John Hay and Lincoln after seeing a play?

6. Complete this quote from Lincoln: "I do not perceive," he said, "that because the white man is to have the superior position that the Negro should be denied everything."

7. What was the running joke between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?

8. Why did Mrs. Lincoln engage in contact with the spirit world? How was this done?

9. What are the most basic requirements for a speech?

10. Spiritualism was very popular in Lincoln's time. List at three forms of spirituality practiced at this time and explain each.

(see the answer keys)

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