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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln bolster his support in the North?
(a) By encouraging the border states to liberate their slaves.
(b) By offering them freedom from federal taxes.
(c) By promising them funds for reconstruction.
(d) By offering to pay for any war damages.

2. Why did Lincoln replace General Burnside?
(a) He was incompetent.
(b) He would not follow Lincoln's orders.
(c) He had lost his subordinates' respect.
(d) He was losing too many battles.

3. Whom did Lincoln follow around through his home county?
(a) Other lawyers.
(b) Newspapermen.
(c) His business partner.
(d) The district judge.

4. What condition did Lincoln propose to impose on states that wanted to rejoin the union?
(a) State governments had to be run by men who had taken an oath of loyalty to the country.
(b) States had to free their slaves and demonstrate integration of black and white cultures.
(c) States had to renounce their secession and repay the North for their war costs.
(d) Governors had to be appointed by Lincoln himself.

5. What did Lincoln do in order to escape the hard work his father had done?
(a) He returned to Virginia to his family's starting point.
(b) He took work transporting things to market by river.
(c) He ran off and joined a steamboat crew, trying to escape from the U.S.
(d) He took courses at the state university.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his ancestry.

3. Who was the President when Lincoln served in the Senate?

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

5. Who was Mary Owens?

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