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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Years of Meteors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was Lincoln with the free-soilers?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

2. In 1858, Lincoln gave what famous speech at the Republican convention?
(a) A House United.
(b) Our House.
(c) A Home for All.
(d) A House Divided.

3. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was Stephen A. Douglas' idea of what?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Popular sovereignty.
(d) A way to boost his popularity.

4. In ____________, Lincoln met Mary Ann Todd, a witty young woman who could talk with him about politics.
(a) December 1839.
(b) September 1839.
(c) November 1839.
(d) October 1839.

5. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?
(a) A huge mistake.
(b) A Republican plot to overthrow the South.
(c) Lincoln's doing.
(d) The start of the Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event perpetuated Lincoln's fatalistic beliefs and preoccupation with death?

2. When Lincoln moved to New Salem, for what did he become known?

3. Where had a civil war begun?

4. The Missouri Compromise was a line dividing the North and South, above which slavery was __________.

5. Lincoln was intimidated by Mary's _______________.

(see the answer key)

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