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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln campaign for President?
(a) He gave interviews in all the U.S. papers.
(b) His advisors campaigned for him.
(c) He gave weekly radio addresses.
(d) He toured the U.S., giving speeches.

2. What was Lincoln's stance on blacks' equality?
(a) He refused to deny it.
(b) He did not accept it.
(c) He refused to take a stance on it.
(d) He saw it as an inalienable right.

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

4. Where did Lincoln deliver an address in front of prominent Republican Party members?
(a) Congress.
(b) Cooper Union.
(c) The National Mall.
(d) The Illinois Statehouse.

5. How did Congress handle the crisis with the British?
(a) They opened an investigation into Lincoln and McClellan.
(b) They revoked Lincoln's war powers.
(c) They gave Lincoln explicit war powers.
(d) They arrested Simon Cameron.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the war effort affect international relations?

2. What was the status of the family of Lincoln's father?

3. Whom did Lincoln begin to fight with as he reached adolescence?

4. What phrase did Lincoln introduce into the debate over slavery?

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

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