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

2. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?
(a) Exporters.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Cattlemen.
(d) Railroad.

3. 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.

4. What was the result of Lincoln's campaign against Douglas?
(a) He won but refused to serve.
(b) He lost but was appointed to the seat when Douglas did not take it.
(c) He lost the election.
(d) He won but was appointed district judge.

5. How were U.S. Senators elected in the 1850s?
(a) By the Electoral College.
(b) By state senators.
(c) By the populace.
(d) By U.S. Representatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's relationship with Joshua Speed.

2. What was Lincoln's stance on blacks' equality?

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

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

5. Describe Lincoln's military career.

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

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

3. What was Lincoln's involvement in the 1848 Presidential election?

4. What issue was returned Lincoln to politics?

5. What was the effect of Lincoln's election on national politics?

6. What did Lincoln do after he lost to Douglas?

7. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

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

9. What was popular sovereignty and what role did it play in the politics of the 1850s.

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

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