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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 not comfortable with according to the editor?

2. When was the Dred Scott case judged by the Supreme Court according to "All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?

3. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?

4. What does Lincoln say of secession in"The Union is Perpetual"?

5. What was "The Eternal Struggle Between Right and Wrong" written for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What act was drawn in 1854 that brought Lincoln out of a five year political retirement?

2. What kind of existence did Lincoln's family lead?

3. How does Lincoln portray himself in his last speech prior to the 1858 election?

4. What was Lincoln slow to recognize?

5. What did Lincoln order?

6. What does Lincoln state about a house?

7. What did the South do after Lincoln's election in "The Perpetuity of Popular Government"?

8. What policies does Lincoln advocate in his letter to the editor of the Sangamo Journal in 1836?

9. What did Lincoln want John Fremont to modify?

10. What has attracted historians to Abraham Lincoln according to the "Preface"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss John Wilkes Booth's concerns regarding President Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric and political strategies.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the meaning and impact of the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's decision to issue the proclamation.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of General Robert E. Lee in the Civil War and the significance of his surrender at the end of the war.

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