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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tragedy did Lincoln suffer early in the Civil War?
(a) His mother died.
(b) His father died.
(c) His wife died.
(d) His son died.

2. What prospect was beginning to open for Lincoln as he entered the third year of the war?
(a) Abdication.
(b) Reelection.
(c) Life-long appointment.
(d) Imperial power.

3. What issue returned Lincoln to politics?
(a) The Missouri Compromise.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(c) The Fugitive Slave Law.
(d) The Statehood of Illinois.

4. Who was Edward Stanton?
(a) The official whom Lincoln appointed as Secretary of Defense.
(b) The official whom Lincoln appointed as Secretary of State.
(c) The official who replaced Simon Cameron.
(d) A military strategist who advised Lincoln.

5. Whom did Lincoln begin to fight with as he reached adolescence?
(a) His brothers.
(b) His mother.
(c) His step-mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to complicate U.S. relations with Britain?

2. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?

3. When was Lincoln married?

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

5. Who helped Lincoln gain Britain's support for the Civil War?

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