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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impressed Lincoln enough that he appointed Grant to control Union forces against the South?
(a) Grant's success in minor engagements.
(b) Grant's reputation as an aggressive and merciless general.
(c) Grant's success in the west.
(d) Grant's powerful supporters in Congress.

2. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?
(a) Railroad.
(b) Exporters.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Cattlemen.

3. How did the Civil War progress after initial Union losses?
(a) Union troops suffered one disaster after another.
(b) Union troops began to win battles.
(c) Union troops languished for lack of supplies.
(d) Southern troops began to falter for lack of supplies.

4. In what war had the 1848 Whig party candidate served?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) The Mexican War.
(d) The Indian Wars.

5. What did Lincoln do when he returned to Illinois?
(a) Acted as Governor.
(b) Returned to his law practice.
(c) Campaigned for reelection.
(d) Worked in the Federal Land Office.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?

2. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?

3. Why was the Whig party divided against itself?

4. Who was the general in charge of Union troops at the beginning of the Civil War?

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

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