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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?
(a) They were forced to sign confession letters.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They were sent home.
(d) They were forced to serve in the Confederate army.

2. Who was "Constantly Denounced and Opposed" intended for?
(a) Mark Stanberg.
(b) Isaac Arnold.
(c) Robert Cramn.
(d) Otto beruk.

3. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?
(a) Two weeks before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Two days before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) Two days after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Two weeks after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

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

5. Who was "But You Must Act" intended for?
(a) General McCook.
(b) General McArthur.
(c) General McCall.
(d) General McClellan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was "A Fair Specimen of What Has Occurred to Me Through Life" intended for?

2. Who was "The Heaviest Blow Yet Dealt to the Rebellion" intended for?

3. Who does Lincoln congratulate in "You Were Right, and I Was Wrong"?

4. What was in the works by August of 1862 according to the editor?

5. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

2. What does Lincoln foreshadow in response to a proclamation by General David Hunter?

3. What did Lincoln attempt to persuade Congress to do?

4. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

5. What did Lincoln do to spare the Douglas family?

6. What was Lincoln under increasing pressure to do by July 1864?

7. What does Lincoln make the Union synonymous with in December 1862?

8. What did Lincoln declare in January 1863 according to "A New Birth in Freedom"?

9. What became a contentious issue of the Reconstruction era?

10. Why are elections necessary based on an address written on November 10, 1864?

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