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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lincoln's feeling about the image his advisers associated him with?

2. Where was Lincoln's law firm based?

3. From where did Lincoln know Mary Owens?

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

5. How did Lincoln get involved with the Republican Party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lincoln end up back in Springfield?

2. How did Lincoln's legal practice bring him into questions of statewide or national importance?

3. How did Lincoln finally get married?

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

5. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

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

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

8. What was the state of the Whig party in Illinois and elsewhere, during Lincoln's tenure?

9. How were senators chosen in the 1850s?

10. Describe Lincoln's entrance into politics.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Lincoln declined to serve in a seat he had won, he ended up back in Springfield, where he was involved in local politics and he earned himself a name as a local lawyer. How was Lincoln's experience as a local figure related to his experience as a national figure?

Essay Topic 2

Lincoln made extensive efforts to unify the splintered Republican Party, which was divided on slavery. In what ways did he try to accommodate the slave states' positions, to negotiate to bring them into a coalition? What factors prevented Lincoln from bargaining with the slave states and preventing the Civil War?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the effect Lincoln's aimlessness and failures had on his ultimately receiving the Republican Party nomination for President. What did he learn from his experience and errors? How did he position himself as a unique voice in the party and in the nation?

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