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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. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?
2. The Dred Scott Decision was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants) were what?
3. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?
4. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?
5. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to the split in the Democratic Party before the 1860 presidential election? What did Lincoln remark about this split?
2. What was Lincoln's political involvement during the late 1840s? What notable speech did Lincoln give at this time?
3. When and why did the Republican Party emerge in the 1850s? How did Lincoln fit in with the Republicans?
4. What was Lincoln's main aim in criticizing President Polk, as discussed in Chapter 2?
5. What factions of the Republican Party did Lincoln clash with regarding the slavery issues in Chapter 3?
6. What was the American Colonization Society, and what did they promote?
7. What is ironic about Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery during the 1856 presidential elections, as discussed in Chapter 3?
8. What contact with slavery did Lincoln have in his youth, as discussed in Chapter 1?
9. What was the global and national status of slavery during the late 1700s and early 1800s?
10. How did the abolitionists go about promoting abolition in the beginning of their movement, as described in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation and the enlisting of blacks in the Union Army. How were blacks treated in comparison to whites?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Abraham Lincoln's early exposure to slavery and his impressions as a child and young man regarding the issue of slaves. When and where did Lincoln view slaves being bought and sold?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Lincoln's Law practice in Illinois during the 1840s, and notable cases taken by Lincoln which centered on slaves or former slaves. What do these cases say about Lincoln's views on slavery?
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