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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his stepmother.
(a) Contentious.
(b) Harmonious.
(c) Invidious.
(d) Distrustful.

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

3. What happened to Lincoln's career as he was being considered for President in 1860?
(a) He was too busy to work for his law firm.
(b) He was taking on business but not seeing it through.
(c) His law firm was languishing.
(d) His career was taking off.

4. Who was Mary Todd?
(a) Lincoln's sister-in-law.
(b) Lincoln's second fiancé.
(c) Lincoln's mother-in-law.
(d) Lincoln's wife.

5. When was Lincoln born?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1809.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Simon Cameron?

2. How did Lincoln come to settle in New Salem, Illinois?

3. How did Lincoln handle the question of emancipating the slaves?

4. Where was Lincoln's law firm based?

5. Why was Lincoln called the 'Lone Star'?

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