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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lincoln feel the need to censure John Fremont?

2. Which famous politician addresses the mistreatment of unpopular minorities in the Lyceum Address?

3. Who runs against Lincoln in the 1864 election?

4. Why are modern historians unable to replicate or confirm Colonel F. C. Ainsworth's study?

5. According to President Lincoln, why would many civilian detainees have been in prison even with the right of habeas corpus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Confederate Captain John Wilkinson slip through the blockades multiple times during the Civil War?

2. How does the Mexican-American War influence Lincoln's perception of Constitutional issues?

3. How are pamphlets used by Democrats during the Civil War?

4. Why does Horatio Seymour quote Lord Coke, by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed?"

5. Why does Andrew D. Duff predict that President Lincoln will not allow voting in November of 1864?

6. Why is the Union careful to not offend Great Britain?

7. Why is the Banshee declared an agent of the Confederacy?

8. Why are modern historians unable to replicate or confirm Colonel F. C. Ainsworth's study?

9. How does Lincoln explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

10. What is the "White Flag Affair?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how freedom of speech and freedom of the press are affected during Lincoln's administration. What is the purpose of this particular suppression of civil liberties? If these two rights had not been suppressed during the war, how might the outcome of the war have been affected?

Essay Topic 2

Describe arguments for and against Lincoln's character and actions as President. Why do some early Civil War historians and Northern Democrats describe him as a dictator? How does Lincoln defend his character and actions against these accusations? In the light of history, how do most historians view the decisions he made during his administration?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the arrest and trial of Clement L. Vallandingham affects any bipartisan efforts between the Democratic and Republican parties. How does Vallandingham's arrest affect the publicity of the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus? How does Vallandingham's arrest affect Congress?

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