1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
(a) Free slaves and give them reparations.
(b) Freed slaves in the north and in states in rebellion.
(c) Free all slaves in North America.
(d) Free all literate slaves.

2. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?
(a) He did not want to end it, but did not want to allow it into new territories either.
(b) He tried to avoid taking a stance on it, but put economic issues first.
(c) He campaigned strongly to end it.
(d) He was against it, but disliked abolitionists' methods.

3. How did the first major engagement with Southern troops change the public view of the war?
(a) The Union loss made people think that the South might succeed.
(b) The stalemate made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(c) The Union loss made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(d) The Southern loss made people think that the war would be over quickly.

4. How did the Civil War progress after initial Union losses?
(a) Union troops suffered one disaster after another.
(b) Union troops began to win battles.
(c) Southern troops began to falter for lack of supplies.
(d) Union troops languished for lack of supplies.

5. How did Lincoln view the Battle of Antietam?
(a) As an indicator of whose strategies were superior.
(b) As an indication of fate with regard to the Union.
(c) As an indication of divine will about emancipation.
(d) As an indication of which army was ultimately superior.