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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state did Lincoln praise for abolishing slavery?
(a) Florida.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Maryland.
(d) North Carolina.

2. When was "The World Has Never Had a Good Definition of Liberty" written?
(a) January1864.
(b) March 1864.
(c) May 1864.
(d) April 1864.

3. Who was "I Am Distressed Immeasurably" intended for?
(a) General Meade.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General Sherman.

4. What was one of Lincoln key objectives in the war according to "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His"?
(a) West Tennessee.
(b) North Tennessee.
(c) South Tennessee.
(d) East Tennessee.

5. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?
(a) The passage of the War Time Spending bill.
(b) The passage of the the 13th amendment.
(c) Continuation of the war.
(d) The work of reconstruction.

6. Who was "The Heaviest Blow Yet Dealt to the Rebellion" intended for?
(a) His stepbrother..
(b) An Illinois widow.
(c) An Illinois soldier.
(d) An Illinois acquaintance.

7. When was "Give Me a Tangible Nucleus" written?
(a) December 1863.
(b) November 1863.
(c) October 1863.
(d) January 1864.

8. What was the Wade-Davis bill about?
(a) Exceptions in the Emencipation Proclamation.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) War fonding.
(d) Forgiveness for war profiteers.

9. Who was in command of the Union armies in April of 1864?
(a) General McClellan.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General Sherman.
(d) General Hooker.

10. What military objective did Lincoln remind the recipient of "I Am Not Watching You with an Evil-Eye" was vital to the war effort?
(a) East Florida.
(b) East Maine.
(c) East Tennessee.
(d) East Mississippi.

11. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?
(a) He refused to stop and rest.
(b) He refused to pursue Lee.
(c) He refused to take Richmond.
(d) He refused to use intelligence gathered by a woman.

12. Who sent the letter prompting Lincoln to write "Not an Entirely Impartial Judge"?
(a) General Grant.
(b) A Confederate minister.
(c) A pro-slavery white man.
(d) Jefferson Davis.

13. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?
(a) Trading iron.
(b) Trading corn.
(c) Trading cotton.
(d) Trading prisoners.

14. What did Lincoln point to as the reason for the war continuing in "The Curses of Heaven"?
(a) The war bonds kept the south well stocked.
(b) Jefferson Davis' unwillingness to rejoin the Union.
(c) War was good for business.
(d) The south was giving conditions for surrender.

15. What was the war about according to "Equal Privileges in the Race of Life"?
(a) Teaching the south a lesson.
(b) Abolishing slavery.
(c) Lincoln's legacy.
(d) The prosperity of future generations.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Will Be Received and Considered" written?

2. What compelled Lincoln to take the steps leading to war and the Emancipation Proclamation according to "If Slavery is Not Wrong, Nothing is Wrong"?

3. Why did Lincoln thank the recipient of "Not Best to Swap Horses When Crossing Streams" for?

4. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?

5. What policy did Lincoln ask congress to help with in "Gradual Emancipation is Better for All"?

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