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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Nine: The New Reckoning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln convince the court that the railroad did not have to pay county taxes?
(a) Because they did not earn enough money to pay taxes.
(b) Because they do not have the money.
(c) Because they are not-for-profit.
(d) Because they were public enterprises.

2. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?
(a) He did not know how to respond to the Southerners.
(b) The Southerners did not want him to respond.
(c) The Southern papers always misconstrued what he said, painting him as a radical abolitionist.
(d) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.

3. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?
(a) The Missouri Compromise.
(b) The Illinois Bill.
(c) The Fugitive Law.
(d) The Mississippi Compromise.

4. Describe Robert Todd.
(a) Introverted.
(b) Rude.
(c) Bored.
(d) Extroverted.

5. Lincoln took a break from politics to focus on what?
(a) His education.
(b) His law firm.
(c) His store.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln was interested in patent cases and participated in the Supreme Court of Illinois, winning most of his _______ cases there.

2. Who was Lincoln's Attorney General?

3. What two boys were born to the Lincolns?

4. Lincoln was very busy, often with over _________ visitors a day, and his right hand was swollen and sore from all the shaking.

5. Lincoln left by train to go to Washington, making stops along the way for speeches and appearances, including a stop in New York to meet who?

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