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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 respond to the controversies surrounding him?
(a) He entrenched himself with loyal supporters.
(b) He became physically haggard.
(c) He surrounded himself with people who would only give him good news.
(d) He second-guessed himself constantly.

2. What was Lincoln's view of his role in the Civil War?
(a) He was indifferent.
(b) He was fatalistic.
(c) He was messianic.
(d) He was megalomaniacal.

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

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

5. How did Lincoln complete his journey from Springfield to Washington, DC?
(a) With unprecedented security.
(b) At night in disguise.
(c) With great fanfare.
(d) Amid Republican Party infighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did slavery have on politics in the 1850s?

2. What did Lincoln do in order to escape the hard work his father had done?

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

4. How does Donald describe the effect of Lincoln's loss of his mother?

5. Which was the first state to return to the Union?

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