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The president immediately before Abraham Lincoln was Franklin Pierce, who supported southern secession  John Tyler, a military hero from the Mexican War Henry Harrison, who died one month into his term James Buchanan, the nation's only bachelor president Martin Van Buren, the nation's first Catholic president

The president immediately before Abraham Lincoln was Franklin Pierce, who supported southern secession  John Tyler, a military hero from the Mexican War Henry Harrison, who died one month into his term James Buchanan, the nation's only bachelor president Martin Van Buren, the nation's first Catholic president

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Question 21

The president immediately before Abraham Lincoln was

  1. Franklin Pierce, who supported southern secession 
  2. John Tyler, a military hero from the Mexican War
  3. Henry Harrison, who died one month into his term
  4. James Buchanan, the nation's only bachelor president
  5. Martin Van Buren, the nation's first Catholic president

Question at position 22 

All of the following points regarding Abraham Lincoln are true except 

  1. he had little formal education but became a well-educated adult 
  2. his mother died giving birth to him
  3. he moved from Kentucky to Indiana and then to Illinois 
  4. his father was nearly illiterate
  5. he failed at businesses including a general store

Question at position 23 

As a lawyer, Abraham Lincoln would complete the "circuit" which refers to his arguing cases in several federal courts.

True

False

Question at position 24 

Abraham Lincoln had the common symptoms of Marfan syndrome which may have accounted for his tall height and long limbs.

True

False

Question at position 25 

Mary Todd Lincoln was well-educated and very interested in politics.

True

False

Question at position 26 

Three of the Lincoln children, all males, would suffer premature deaths from disease.

True

False

Question at position 27 

Abraham Lincoln first became a widely known political figure     

  1. in 1860 after he gave a speechin Philadelphia in which he called for war to end to slavery 
  2. in 1858, after an unsuccessful senate race against Stephen Douglas
  3. in 1859, after he praised John Brown as an American martyr and hero 
  4. in 1859, after publicly shaking hands with Frederick Douglass after the latter gave an anti-slavery speech in Washington D.C. 

Question at position 28 

When Abraham Lincoln ran for president in 1860, it was his first try at gaining a national political office. 

True

False

Question at position 29 

In the 1860 presidential election 

  1. six of every ten voters cast their ballots for opponents of Abraham Lincoln 
  2. Abraham Lincoln failed to win the popular vote in a single slave state
  3. Abraham Lincoln decisively won the electoral vote
  4. All (A, B, C)
  5. None (not A, B, or C)

Question at position 30 

Between his election and inauguration as president, Abraham Lincoln grew a beard at the suggestion of a child. 

True

False

Question at position 31 

In Abraham Lincoln’s 1st inaugural address he described southern secessionists as 

  1. mis-guided
  2. un-American
  3. rebels 
  4. snaggle-toothed, caterwauling, buzzard-eating varmints
  5. friends

Question at position 32 

All of the following points regarding the Emancipation Proclamation are true except

  1. it was not approved by a vote in the United States Congress 
  2. it was not enforced by U.S. law
  3. it was issued after a major Union defeat in the Civil War 
  4. it maintained slavery in states still loyal to the Union
  5. it was both strongly praised and strongly condemned

Question at position 33 

In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln did not mention slavery.

True

False

Question at position 34 

In Abrahams Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address he stated he would not end of the Civil War until the Confederacy agreed to “unconditional surrender.”

True

False

Question at position 35 

The Confederate States of America was a constitutionally-based government.

True

False

Question at position 36 

Up until 1860, Jefferson Davis had a life that was notable for his dedication to military and public service to the United States.

True

False

Question at position 37 

Jefferson Davis believed

  1. enslavement benefitted black people in the United States
  2. states were sovereign and had a right to secede from the United States
  3. both A & B
  4. neither A nor B

Question at position 38 

Sullivan Ballou fought for the Union in the Civil War because he

  1. had once met Abraham Lincoln 
  2. was drafted
  3. believed he had a debt to the country
  4. had grown up seeing the horrors of slavery
  5. All (A, B, C, and D)

Question at position 39 

In 1861, the Union had _____ men of combat age; the Confederacy had ______.

  1. 2 million & 800,000 
  2. 3.6 million & 1 million 
  3. 4 million & 1.2 million 
  4. 2.8 million & 2.4 million
  5. 6 million & 2.9 million

Question at position 40 

In 1861, compared to the Confederate States of America, the United States (the North) produced more than 90 percent of all firearms, coal, and iron. 

True

False

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