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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.
(a) Chase.
(b) Woodburne.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Blair.

2. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?
(a) The budget for White House renovations.
(b) The etiquette for entertaining visiting heads of state.
(c) Thomas Jefferson's speeches.
(d) The president's wartime powers.

3. What is the plan of the Southern states?
(a) To become more industrial.
(b) To secede from the Union.
(c) To abolish slavery.
(d) To form agricultural co-ops.

4. Who does Lincoln meet at Willard's Hotel and who agrees to be Secretary of State?
(a) Walter H. Stewart.
(b) William H. Steward.
(c) Walter F. Seward.
(d) William H. Seward.

5. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Ellen Surratt.
(b) Mary Stewart.
(c) Mary Scirocco.
(d) Mary Surratt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a secret Cabinet meeting held in the Naval Department?

2. What does William Seward harshly critique about Lincoln?

3. Chase and Seward agree between themselves that Lincoln must let them run the government as a ____________.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Kate Chase's relationship with her father?

5. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?

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