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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Lincoln called the 'Lone Star'?
(a) Because he was known for keeping to himself.
(b) Because he was originally from Texas.
(c) Because of his obvious talent and his aloofness.
(d) Because he was the only Whig in the Illinois delegation.

2. What happened to Lincoln's support at the beginning of the Civil War?
(a) It fragmented once the fighting actually started.
(b) It stiffened as the war promised to last a long time.
(c) It softened with the first Union losses.
(d) It came together as people started to realize what the war would require.

3. Who was Lincoln's chief opponent for the nomination for President in 1864?
(a) General Burnside.
(b) Salmon Chase.
(c) Jefferson Davies.
(d) General Meade.

4. For whose nomination for President did Lincoln campaign?
(a) Grant.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Polk.
(d) Harrison.

5. What was the 10% plan?
(a) Unrepentant Southerners could not occupy more than 10% of a state's cabinet positions.
(b) 10% of voters from the 1860 election had to have voted in any post-war election for it to be valid.
(c) There could not be more than 10% of the slave population still in slavery for a state to re-enter the union.
(d) A state's war reparations could not exceed 10% of its total income.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to complicate U.S. relations with Britain?

2. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?

3. What was the new name of the Republican Party?

4. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?

5. Describe the temperament of Lincoln's wife.

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