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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 did Lincoln know about his grandmother?

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

3. Why did Lincoln decline to serve in the seat he was elected to in 1852?

4. What did Lincoln work on after the 1852 election?

5. What was Lincoln's party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Lincolns' moves.

2. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

3. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

4. How did Lincoln end up back in Springfield?

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

6. Describe Abraham Lincoln's period of aimlessness in Illinois.

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

8. Describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

9. When did Lincoln start his family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Lincoln face opposition from his generals? Was it because of something personal to Lincoln, or simply because of the odiousness of the task of prosecuting a war against renegade states? How did Lincoln respond to his generals' opposition, what did it force him to do, and how did he change or grow as a politician or as a person in response to his generals' insubordination?

Essay Topic 2

Lincoln was elected to the Presidency as an honest rail-splitting, hard-working man, but he himself was aloof from the image. In what ways did Lincoln retain his childhood self, and his father's personality, and in what ways did Lincoln diverge from the manual labor of his father's pioneer life? Did Lincoln change cultures, or did he bring pioneer virtues to the White House when they were needed there?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Lincoln not emancipate the slaves early in the war? What practical factors led him to hold off on emancipation? Did he ultimately gain by waiting, or did he lose some authority or political capital by waiting for the right time?

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