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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 tell his friends after he was elected President in 1860?

2. How does Donald describe Lincoln's political support for the Whig Presidential candidate?

3. What did Lincoln know about his grandmother?

4. Who was Hannibal Hamlin?

5. Describe the relationship between Lincoln's wife and his business partner.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Lincoln's Presidential campaign conducted?

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

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

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

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

8. How much is known about Lincoln's ancestry?

9. What was Lincoln's early relationship with his father like?

10. How did Lincoln finally get married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Lincoln's temperament in relation to his career as a politician and leader. What role did his depressions play in his career? What role did his circumspection and rationality?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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