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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along with South Carolina, what did Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas do?
(a) Established the Southern Confederacy.
(b) Stayed peaceful throughout the war.
(c) Remained loyal to the Union.
(d) Created their own country.

2. Virginia officially seceded on April 17, and the Confederacy declared ____________ its capital.
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Williamsburg.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Lexington.

3. Who was Fredrick Douglass?
(a) A member of Lincoln's cabinet.
(b) An inventor.
(c) An influential black abolitionist leader.
(d) An army general.

4. After his election, Lincoln had a troubling ________.
(a) Vision.
(b) Speech.
(c) Day.
(d) Thought.

5. After becoming President-Elect, Lincoln began compiling a list of what?
(a) Possible generals.
(b) Possible cabinet members.
(c) Friends to from whom to ask for help.
(d) Difficult White House employees.

6. Lincoln still needed more troops, so he enforced what?
(a) Conscription of all non-US citizens.
(b) The use of POWs as soldiers.
(c) Acceptance of women in the military.
(d) Conscription.

7. He left McClellan in charge of what army?
(a) The Army of Viriginia.
(b) The Western Army.
(c) The Army of the Potomac.
(d) The Army of Kentucky.

8. Lincoln left by train to go to Washington, making stops along the way for speeches and appearances, including a stop in New York to meet who?
(a) Family members.
(b) A little boy who had written him a letter.
(c) The young girl who suggested he grow a beard.
(d) Soldiers from Illinois.

9. South Carolina unanimously voted to do what?
(a) Stay with the Union.
(b) Secede from the Union.
(c) Create their own nation.
(d) Remain peaceful.

10. What plot was uncovered in Baltimore?
(a) To kidnap the President-elect.
(b) To assassinate the President-elect.
(c) To rob the President-elect.
(d) To bribe the President-elect.

11. Lincoln called for troops from the Union, and there was a riot in ___________ when the Sixth Massachusetts tried to march through.
(a) Boston.
(b) Bloomington.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Bridgeport.

12. Lincoln was very busy, often with over _________ visitors a day, and his right hand was swollen and sore from all the shaking.
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 1000.
(d) 150.

13. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was formed for what reason?
(a) To keep an eye on McClellan.
(b) To keep an eye on the war effort.
(c) To protect the North from the South.
(d) To keep an eye on Lincoln.

14. How was Meade like his predecessors?
(a) He was not very intelligent.
(b) He was fearful.
(c) He did not pursue Lee's army to an unconditional surrender, but allowed them to escape.
(d) He was ill-prepared.

15. Lincoln declared a blockade of the Southern coast, and was trying desperately to keep the border states in the Union, including what states?
(a) Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.
(b) Missouri, Massachusetts, New York.
(c) New Jersey, New York, New Mexico.
(d) Kentucky, Illinois, and West Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reconstruction in Louisiana was _____________.

2. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?

3. McClellan's _____________ was a huge problem.

4. Rebels laid siege to what fort?

5. ______________ declared itself "neutral" in the conflict, with people enlisting in both armies.

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