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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. What was Lincoln's party?
(a) Union Party.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Whigs.

2. Where was Lincoln's law firm based?
(a) Sangamon County.
(b) Logan County.
(c) Menard County.
(d) Hampton County.

3. What did Lincoln do when he returned to Illinois?
(a) Returned to his law practice.
(b) Acted as Governor.
(c) Worked in the Federal Land Office.
(d) Campaigned for reelection.

4. Who was the President when Lincoln served in the Senate?
(a) Taylor.
(b) Polk.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Jackson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?

3. For whose nomination for President did Lincoln campaign?

4. What was Lincoln's policy between the election in 1860 and his inauguration in 1861?

5. Describe Lincoln's two children.

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Lincoln start his family?

2. What was Lincoln's relationship with the image his supporters presented of him?

3. What was the outcome of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858?

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

5. Describe Lincoln's strategy for choosing his advisers.

6. Describe Lincoln's retirement from politics.

7. What positions did Lincoln take in his career as a Whig legislator?

8. Describe the Lincolns' moves.

9. What part did Lincoln's private life play in the years after he returned to Springfield?

10. What issue was returned Lincoln to politics?

(see the answer keys)

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