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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Exporters.
(c) Railroad.
(d) Cattlemen.

2. Whose seat was Lincoln gunning for in 1858?
(a) Stephen Douglas's.
(b) Jefferson Davis's.
(c) Millard Fillmore's.
(d) James Buchanan's.

3. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his ancestry.
(a) His siblings were intent on knowing their relatives, but he was not.
(b) He was not interested in it.
(c) He was closely attentive to his parentage.
(d) His mother kept in touch with her relatives, but his father did not with his.

4. What was Lincoln's stance on blacks' equality?
(a) He did not accept it.
(b) He refused to deny it.
(c) He refused to take a stance on it.
(d) He saw it as an inalienable right.

5. Who was Joshua Speed?
(a) Lincoln's business partner.
(b) Lincoln's father-in-law.
(c) Lincoln's running partner.
(d) A shopkeeper and Lincoln's roommate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position was Lincoln offered when he left Washington, DC.?

2. Why was the Whig party divided against itself?

3. From where did Lincoln know Mary Owens?

4. What was the issue at the heart of the issue that brought Lincoln back to politics?

5. Who was the President when Lincoln served in the Senate?

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