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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?
(a) How leaders should make decisions.
(b) How the benefits of taking land from Indians should be weighed.
(c) How money should be allocated to different causes.
(d) How men should enter marriage.

3. Where did Lincoln deliver an address in front of prominent Republican Party members?
(a) The National Mall.
(b) The Illinois Statehouse.
(c) Cooper Union.
(d) Congress.

4. Describe Lincoln's schooling.
(a) He was the first child sent away to school.
(b) He was schooled at home by his parents.
(c) He was not schooled much because he had to work with the family.
(d) He studied a little but never distinguished himself.

5. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Caginess.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln's family move to Illinois?

2. What technological development allowed Lincoln to be home on the weekends?

3. What position did Lincoln hold after winning the 1852 election?

4. From where did Lincoln know Mary Owens?

5. Whom did Lincoln support in the 1852 Presidential campaign?

Short Essay Questions

1. What issue was returned Lincoln to politics?

2. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

3. What was Lincoln's relationship with his stepmother like?

4. How did Lincoln finally get married?

5. Describe Lincoln's arrival in Springfield and early law practice.

6. How did Lincoln leave his affairs in Illinois when he went to Washington, DC to start his term in Congress?

7. Describe the Lincolns' moves.

8. Describe Lincoln's retirement from politics.

9. How did Lincoln end up back in Springfield?

10. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

(see the answer keys)

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