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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Lincoln's law clients come from?
(a) His hometown.
(b) Local towns in Illinois.
(c) Springfield.
(d) Vandalia.

2. How does Donald describe Lincoln's political support for the Whig Presidential candidate?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Impassioned.
(c) Lackluster.
(d) Calculating.

3. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) The continuation of the Monroe Doctrine.
(c) The dislocation of the Cherokee.
(d) The beginnings of the Mexican War.

4. From where did Lincoln know Mary Owens?
(a) A family he had worked for in Indiana.
(b) A family he knew in New Salem.
(c) A family he met in Illinois.
(d) A family he knew in Virginia.

5. How did Lincoln appease the border states?
(a) By separating abolition from the war for the Union.
(b) By moving the fighting to the south.
(c) By moving the fighting to the North.
(d) By taking more recruits from the north.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln respond when a Democratic Representative opposed him as "King Lincoln"?

2. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?

3. What action did Congress take on slavery at the end of 1864?

4. What important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?

5. What issue returned Lincoln to politics?

(see the answer key)

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