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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Union troops suffer a major defeat under General Burnside?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Manassas.
(d) Antietam.

2. How did the war effort affect international relations?
(a) With so much attention on the war, the US was losing its trade advantages in Asia.
(b) France and Britain complained because they could not get Southern cotton.
(c) While the Civil War raged, Mexico was threatening to retake territories it lost in the Mexican War.
(d) France was sending support to the Confederacy.

3. Why was Lincoln called the 'Lone Star'?
(a) Because he was originally from Texas.
(b) Because of his obvious talent and his aloofness.
(c) Because he was known for keeping to himself.
(d) Because he was the only Whig in the Illinois delegation.

4. What did Lincoln work on after the 1858 election?
(a) Building coalitions with other parties.
(b) Unifying the Republican Party.
(c) Defending popular sovereignty.
(d) Defeating slavery in the territories.

5. What terms did Lincoln offer to the parties Greeley claimed to represent?
(a) Free passage if they made an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(b) Return of habeas corpus for those who had been dispossessed.
(c) Free passage if they averred the integrity of the Union and the abandonment of slavery.
(d) Exemption from reparations for those who gave 10% of their income to ex-slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique did Lincoln use to kill the 50% plan Congress gave him?

2. What happened to Lincoln's support at the beginning of the Civil War?

3. How did Lincoln respond when a Democratic Representative opposed him as "King Lincoln"?

4. How does Donald describe Lincoln's political support for the Whig Presidential candidate?

5. Who was Simon Cameron?

(see the answer key)

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