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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln announce his desire for the Presidential nomination?
(a) He made a public address.
(b) He staged a scene in which his advisors gestured to crown him.
(c) He undermined the prospects of his opponents.
(d) He let his advisors know that he would welcome the nomination.

2. Which states gave Lincoln a ready supply of troops?
(a) Border states.
(b) Free states.
(c) Slave states.
(d) Mid-Atlantic states.

3. What does Donald say the Gettysburg Address indicates about Lincoln?
(a) A shift in his thinking.
(b) A return to his origins.
(c) A refusal to adapt to new conditions.
(d) A new insecurity about the validity of the war.

4. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?
(a) How men should enter marriage.
(b) How money should be allocated to different causes.
(c) How the benefits of taking land from Indians should be weighed.
(d) How leaders should make decisions.

5. Which Union loss caused Lincoln to exclaim, "What will the country say?"
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Chancellorsville.
(d) Fredericksburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Simon Cameron?

2. How were things going for the Union in 1862?

3. Who was John Todd Stuart?

4. What message did Horace Greeley convey to Lincoln?

5. What was Lincoln's relationship with McClellan through 1862?

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