Chapter 2

Question 0

1841?

Answer 0

A floating driftwood who ended up at new salem … Like the heavy flatboat that lodged there…offut saw licoln unlodge it and wanted to make lincoln a manager there

Question 1

1831 1841 jobs

Answer 1

Trued everything as he did not want to be a farmer like his dad. Seemed fit for lawyer and politician

Question 2

New salem

Answer 2

1831 commercial village founded by camron and rutledge. 100 or so …large community for abe. Store run by hill and mcneil. Lincoln had lots of anecdotes and stories

Question 3

Define scatalogical.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Who supposedly told the story about washington picture innthe toilet

Answer 4

Col ethan allen…nothing makes an englishman shit…hung in outhopuse.

Question 5

Lincolns countenance lit up as he told stories. What is countenance

Answer 5

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Question 6

Who is jack armstrong?

Answer 6

Clarys grove boy who would come to new store, he was the wrestling champion there. Ae lost to him but earned respect. The clarys grove were frontier like…the villages inhabitants were more sedentary

Question 7

How was the village

Answer 7

Surprisingly had some educated and cultured. Even had a public debating club, abe showed interest in town meetings.

Question 8

Define corpulent

Answer 8

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Question 9

Follwing a book of forms

Answer 9

Abe could make deeds, receipts etc

Question 10

They wanted abe torun for

Answer 10

Statelegislature

Question 11

The village was on

Answer 11

The sagamon river at new salem and if the river was fixed it could be more navigable if nit the new railroad might dry them out. They needed a rep esp a riverboat man in the illinois state legislature

Question 12

Wat qualification did state leg need

Answer 12

None.., could cattle be fence or free roam, no patrons needed politics were in flux. This is a time of President Jackson and Henry Clay and fighting over cental bank and formation of democratic and whig parties 1832.

Question 13

Was he a likely candidate.

Answer 13

Friendless uneducated penniless boy working on an flatboat a 23 year old with one year of forma education. Had lots of local friends but going against while county….appealed to public in sagamon journal (maybe help of oneil storekeeper)

Question 14

What did he challenge

Answer 14

Railroad vs improvement of river
He had extensive experience there
Short if credit … There was usury…too high interest rates…stop practice
Improve education (but no plan or program)
No high falutent language… Simple language…hold in esteem
Born in humble walks of life (standard appeal)
Referred ton himself as “humble abraham lincoln”

Question 15

Boat traveled to show navagability of sagamon river….beardstown

Answer 15

Talisman arrived there…lincoln took charge….went up river. But news that the river level was dropping quickly sent them back down quickly.

Question 16

Political career jeaporized by

Answer 16

Collapse of offuts business ventures. Build pen for 1000 hogs. Also overextended buying tons of seed. Lincoln had no job and then had an Indian difficulty.

Question 17

Sauk and fox tribes

Answer 17

Outbreak of black hawk war…repudiated their treaty with US…abe nominated by clarys grove boys

Question 18

Indian with papers came in

Answer 18

Lincoln did not let others kill him

Question 19

Orville hickman browning

Answer 19

Quincy lawyer and influential friend met thru war

Question 20

John todd stuart

Answer 20

Lawyer opposite of lincoln same e battalion and friend

Question 21

Speeches

Answer 21

Anti jackson man
Clay man
Most concerned about river
 Was 8th of 13 
When 4 placed
Only time he lost when it was vote of people
But new salem supported him 277/300

Question 22

Now what.

Answer 22

Blacksmith … But hated manual labor
Maybe study law?
Realized he needed education
Herndon sell general store to berry (licolns corproal) and lincoln
Competitor beat out by grove boys
Green bought it out and immediately sold to lincoln
Tea coffee sugar salt muslin hats shoes
Slllow business plenty of time to read in new salem

Question 23

What one nonfiction did he try to read

Answer 23

Ivanhoe 
and poetry and some shakespeare
Liked sentimental verse
Holmes the last leaf
Poem mortality  of knox a scotsman
More focused on nonfiction
Liked structure and use of language and needed to learn grammar
Walked six miles into the country to get a book

Question 24

Autobiographical sketch

Answer 24

1860

Question 25

Who conducted revival meeting

Answer 25

Cartwright

Question 26

Religious wars attracted lincolns attention but he

Answer 26

``` Refused a creed Liked natural law Not deity He like thomas paynes age of reason Morality is the only essential part His scoffing hurt him in his race for congress 1846 ...had to clarify ```

Question 27

His religious views

Answer 27

Early...doctrine of necessity | Tried to maintain in argument with some

Question 28

How was the store

Answer 28

``` Lincoln interested in talking and reading By 1833 ceased to grow new salem because river not adequate No railroad Whiskey showed some profit by jug Asked for license to sell by glass Lincoln name may have been forged Tavern license still couldnt save store Back to day labor ```

Question 29

Friends wated him to stay

Answer 29

Someone tried to get him postmaster Modest appointment of jackson administration even though he was a clay supporter He was very pleased...he could see all newspapers Carried on horseback mail came 2x a day Recipient paid and postmaster collected fee 1834-1835 full year of tenure made 55

Question 30

Piblic servants top duty

Answer 30

Help people Liberal interpretation of rules Left door unlocked But scrupulous in keeping financial records New salem discontinued moved to Springfield

Question 31

Still needed livlihood

Answer 31

Calhoun assistant? Democratic Bought a book on surveying, bought compass chain and trig book Studied hard Went that route Through swamps bushes etc Accepted buckskin from one client and fortified his oants Charges actually set by state Surveyed for a road But notes for the failed store came due ... Election took new urgency

Question 32

First successful election

Answer 32

Jackson vs clay Licoln liked clay but published no speeches Instead had handshaking campaign while surveying Took to farms to convince farmers Democratic leaders came with a deal Feared john todd stuart Dropped two other candidates to support lincoln Lincoln got elected with Stuart

Question 33

What was his new exposure to cour

Answer 33

Witness Juror Watching untrained lawyers Borrowed stuarts law books Was quiet at first Bought blackstones commentary at n auction Asked to borrow 200 from smoot and bought a suit until legislature check came

Question 34

Dec 1834 feb 1835

Answer 34

``` Silent member of legislature 80 other legislatures most stayed at boarding cabins Next to youngest bit no less experienced Grew more at home Ability to draw law grew Legible handwriting Started to debate Returned to new salem to pay his overdue notes and get his hire and compass back...which didnt happen ```

Question 35

Spring summer 1834 1835

Answer 35

Delivered mail | Read law books

Question 36

Earned inn at new salem

Answer 36

A rutledge

Question 37

What happened when his stuff went fir auction

Answer 37

A friend bought it back so he could survey for more money

Question 38

Ann rutlege

Answer 38

``` Tavern dauter From village founders Pretty Short 53 150 heavyset He liked plump Kind Goodhearted Macnamore/hill was after her Since she was betrother he got over his shyness 1835 understanding ...conditional or unconditional engagement Lincoln had no mney Ann wanted to see macnamore in person Also had legislative break Symbolized appraiching death of new salem ```

Question 39

Summer 1835

Answer 39

``` Lincoln thru country surveying Slogging the law books Ann had typhoid and was put to bed Aug 25 she died Reminded of brother, sister etc Too much work Too much study Melancholy deep Went to bowling green for rest ```

Question 40

Winter 1835

Answer 40

Called to legislatur Shaped his future National politics came to local Democrats concerned bout jackson picking vanburen as successor Called for convention Whigs infuriated they liked the democrat infighting Whigs had to learn the system of party conventiaons Also important reapportionment Sagamon got 7 vs 4 representatives Gov duncan enacted legislatio. For canal for illinois river...ocmparable to erie canal loan of500000 for i Bonds for illinois and michigan canal. Shift in lincoln for internal improvement...canal road railroad...thought private capital now saw need for govt

Question 41

Election to 1836 legislature

Answer 41

``` Needed to rerun Talked suffrage Ballot 6 month white resident male Irish immigrants canal workers no vote.... Also joked about women No mention african americans Travleled by hirseback to villages Local a d national issues now ```

Question 42

Define probosis.

Answer 42

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Question 43

Lightning rod

Answer 43

Opponent forquer

Question 44

Long nine

Answer 44

1837 tall illinois legislature

Question 45

Stephen a douglas

Answer 45

``` Democrat leader 5 4 Age 23 Legislative politics Economic development f state North south railroad Coonecg with e w Underwritten by state Complete canal Whigs welcomed nonpartisan issue Rival mass and penn for trans ```

Question 46

Panic of 1837

Answer 46

``` Killed trNsportation Illinoos bondsvfailed Interest charges too high Stephen douglas? Long nine? Fault? No oatter. Of logrolling. ```

Question 47

What is logrolling.

Answer 47

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Question 48

Capital moved from vendalia to

Answer 48

Springfield not alton or peoria etc. bringing land value increase etc

Question 49

Usher linder

Answer 49

Self important rep from coles county opposed mosiving to springfield

Question 50

Jan 11 1837

Answer 50

Lincoln first speech. Vs linder. Resorted to demagogy not bank talk.

Question 51

Define demagogy.

Answer 51

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Question 52

Third thing legislature talked about abolitionists

Answer 52

Legoature condemned abolitionist society and said slavery was guaranteed by constitution.sponsored by linder. Stone and lincoln voted against saying it was injustice and bad policy.

Question 53

Lincoln said new capital needed to

Answer 53

Offer money and land and had someone else introduce it.

Question 54

The fourth ballot for capitol

Answer 54

Springfield won.

Question 55

March 1 1837

Answer 55

Licensed to practice law. In april opened an office on hoffman's row