Lincoln Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Lincoln Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln do in order to escape the hard work his father had done?
(a) He took work transporting things to market by river.
(b) He took courses at the state university.
(c) He ran off and joined a steamboat crew, trying to escape from the U.S.
(d) He returned to Virginia to his family's starting point.

2. Why were Democrats critical of Lincoln?
(a) For his generals' ambitious and aggressive tactics.
(b) For cutting off ties with England and France.
(c) For failing to earn his generals' loyalty.
(d) For suppressing free speech.

3. What was the 10% plan?
(a) A state's war reparations could not exceed 10% of its total income.
(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) Unrepentant Southerners could not occupy more than 10% of a state's cabinet positions.

4. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?
(a) He thought it would let the South play the role of victim.
(b) He did not want the war to be a referendum on slavery.
(c) He thought it would give the South more support from abroad.
(d) He did not have the authority to enforce such a proclamation.

5. What was the new name of the Republican Party?
(a) The American Party.
(b) The Reunited Party.
(c) The Union Party.
(d) The Unity Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mary Owens?

2. What position did Lincoln give to William Seward?

3. What position did Lincoln hold after winning the 1852 election?

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

5. Who was the initial favorite for the nomination for President in the 1860 race?

(see the answer key)

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