Lincoln

Question 1

Which of the following was a part of the first Republican Party platform?

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support for modernizing the nation

Question 2

Which describes what Free-Soilers wanted for western lands?

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Free-Soilers wanted western lands to go to farmers, rather than slave owners.

Question 3

Which of the following did the Republican Party support when it formed in the 1850s?

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free labor

Question 4

The first Republican presidential candidate was

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John C. Fremont, who was defeated in 1856.

Question 5

Why did the early Republican Party oppose the Dred Scott decision?

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The ruling undermined the idea of free labor and supported slave labor.

Question 6

Which of the following most clearly contrasts Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery with that of Stephen Douglas?

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Lincoln believed slavery should spread no further, while Douglas believed each state should decide the matter for itself.

Question 7

Abraham Lincoln ended a successful career as a lawyer

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in 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed and became law.

Question 8

Although Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was wrong, he also believed

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black people and white people could not live as true equals.

Question 9

The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred during

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the Senate election of 1858.

Question 10

In which of the following elections did Abraham Lincoln run as a Republican?

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the 1858 Senate election and the 1860 presidential election

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