This page contains the continuation of a quiz that you may wish to take just for fun. It pertains to the life of Abraham Lincoln. The previous Lincoln Quiz can be selected by clicking HERE. You may select another quiz from the archives page by clicking here or Archives in the Site Menu of the contents frame to the left.
The source of the questions and answers is Carl Sandberg's monumental work, Abraham Lincoln, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1926. This quiz is from Volumes 1 and 2 of this work, The Prairie Years.
51. What were the names of Lincoln's third and fourth children?
52. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" while she lived in Maine. This book would have a profound influence on the Abolitionist movement. At what Maine College was her husband employed?
b. University of Maine at Orono.
53. The Illinois Whigs were in favor of prohibiting alcoholic beverages. They proposed a prohibition law that was defeated by the voters of Illinois. This law was modeled after an existing law in which state?
54. The Whigs put Lincoln on their ticket as a candidate to the Illinois Legislature once more but without Lincoln's concurrence. Lincoln was elected but did not serve because
b. the legislative district was changed.
d. the legislature was disbanded.
55. Lincoln aroused the ire of other lawyers because he
c. would not support the local bar.
56. Who were the first candidates for president and vice president chosen by the new Republican Party in 1856?
57. When the new Republican Party put forth Abraham Lincoln as their candidate for United States Senator from Illinois in 1858, Lincoln gave a famous speech. What was this speech called?
a. The Emancipation Proclamation.
b. The 'Abolitionists Unite' Speech.
d. The 'House Divided' speech.
58. The Dred Scott Case (Dred Scott vs. Sanford) was a landmark Supreme Court decision. What did Lincoln think of this case?
a. Lincoln was completely neutral.
b. Lincoln enthusiastically supported the decision.
c. Lincoln thought the decision was the result of a conspiracy.
d. Lincoln publicly opposed the decision.
59. Which one of the following statements did Lincoln use in the Lincoln-Douglas debates when Lincoln ran for the Senate in 1858?
a. A fool is born every minute.
b. I don't believe in the wisdom of collective ignorance.
c. All theory is gray, but the golden tree of life is green.
60. Jefferson Davis, future President of the Confederate States, expressed the wish that Lincoln and Douglas in their debates would "chew each other up till there was nothing left of either." He made this wish public when he was relaxing on the coast of