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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 was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?
(a) He campaigned strongly to end it.
(b) He did not want to end it, but did not want to allow it into new territories either.
(c) He was against it, but disliked abolitionists' methods.
(d) He tried to avoid taking a stance on it, but put economic issues first.

2. Why did Lincoln decline to serve in the seat he was elected to in 1852?
(a) He wanted to work on unifying Republicans.
(b) He wanted to be appointed Senator.
(c) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(d) He wanted to break with the Republican Party.

3. What did Lincoln work on after the 1852 election?
(a) Fighting slavery.
(b) Developing a platform for the Representation.
(c) Getting Fillmore elected.
(d) Getting reelected.

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

5. What was the Republican Party founded on?
(a) Opposition to slavery.
(b) Opposition to Women's Suffrage.
(c) Opposition to popular sovereignty.
(d) Opposition to the Gold Standard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Stephen Douglas?

2. When did Lincoln begin to cultivate his intellect?

3. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?

4. What did Lincoln do in his travels, following a man around the state?

5. What was Lincoln's party?

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