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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lincoln waiting for before making the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Slave revolts.
(b) Southern surrender.
(c) A Union victory.
(d) Desperation in the South.

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

3. What important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?
(a) His first wife died.
(b) His mother died.
(c) His father died.
(d) He got married.

4. What document justified the controversial step Lincoln took during the Civil War?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Articles of Confederation.

5. How does Donald describe Lincoln's political support for the Whig Presidential candidate?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Impassioned.
(c) Calculating.
(d) Lackluster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the first major engagement with Southern troops change the public view of the war?

2. What was the result of Lincoln's campaign against Douglas?

3. Whose seat was Lincoln gunning for in 1858?

4. What did Lincoln advocate in his inauguration address?

5. What tragedy did Lincoln suffer early in the Civil War?

(see the answer key)

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