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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VI. Events Have Controlled Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln belittle in "A Question of Interest"?
(a) Pro-slavery positions.
(b) A Southern slave owner.
(c) Emancipation proposition.
(d) A political opponent.

2. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(b) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.
(c) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(d) A politician who lost a son in the war.

3. What was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) Being an abolitionist.
(b) Being Republican.
(c) Being a Democrat.
(d) Being pro-slavery.

4. What was Lincoln slow to recognize the true gravity of in "There is No Cause for Such Fears"?
(a) The financial crisis.
(b) The Davis crisis.
(c) The secession crisis.
(d) The Congress crisis.

5. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?
(a) More support from government leaders.
(b) More troops.
(c) More money.
(d) More supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?

2. Why was Hooker supposed to pursue Lee's army according to "There is No Eligible Route for Us into Richmond"?

3. What was "The Union is Perpetual" written for?

4. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?

5. What did Lincoln think of black and white interaction according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?

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