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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 issue does Donald say consumed a great deal of Lincoln's time and drove his politics?
(a) Preparing the public for a long war.
(b) Keeping border states loyal.
(c) Supplying Fort Sumter.
(d) Preventing in-fighting in his cabinet.

2. How did the first major engagement with Southern troops change the public view of the war?
(a) The stalemate made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(b) The Union loss made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(c) The Southern loss made people think that the war would be over quickly.
(d) The Union loss made people think that the South might succeed.

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

4. What was the public sentiment about the Civil War at the beginning?
(a) They thought the South would break away quickly.
(b) People thought the South would be beaten quickly.
(c) They thought that France or Spain would take advantage of the war to assert territorial claims in the Americas.
(d) They thought that it would be a protracted and bloody war.

5. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?
(a) No Union with Slavery.
(b) Let the Union be Reunited.
(c) Better not to Switch Horses.
(d) Bringing it Back Together.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Lincoln's chief opponent for the nomination for President in 1864?

3. What obstacle did Lincoln face in moving troops from north to south?

4. What position was Lincoln offered when he left Washington, DC.?

5. For whose nomination for President did Lincoln campaign?

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