Quiz on Lesson 8
Abe Lincoln
1. The main issue of the
election for President in 1860 was:
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how many new states should be made.
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whether to make a railroad from S. Louis
to California.
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slavery.
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whether to print more U. S. dollars.
2. During the election
campaign, Lincoln was in favor of:
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freeing all the slaves.
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allowing slavery everywhere in the United
States.
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no slavery in the territories and new
states, but keeping it in the states where it already was.
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passing a new Kansas-Nebraska Act.
3. Lincoln was afraid that
the slavery issue would:
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lead to a break-up of the Union, with the
southern states forming a new nation.
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kill thousands of white people.
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spread to Canada and Europe.
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cause England to go to war with the United
States.
Finish the chart below by putting in the number of electoral votes for each
candidate.