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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the 10% plan?
(a) 10% of voters from the 1860 election had to have voted in any post-war election for it to be valid.
(b) A state's war reparations could not exceed 10% of its total income.
(c) There could not be more than 10% of the slave population still in slavery for a state to re-enter the union.
(d) Unrepentant Southerners could not occupy more than 10% of a state's cabinet positions.

2. What is considered the most controversial action Lincoln took during the Civil War?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) The burning of Atlanta.
(c) Replacing McClellan with Burnside.
(d) The suspension of habeas corpus.

3. What obstacle did Lincoln face in moving troops from north to south?
(a) Lack of funds.
(b) Inconsistent rail service.
(c) Pro-South citizens in Maryland.
(d) Railroad saboteurs.

4. For what causes did Lincoln campaign?
(a) Lowering taxes.
(b) Ending the displacement of Indians.
(c) Increasing federal oversight of land speculation.
(d) Relocating the state capital.

5. What position did Douglas take in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
(a) He attacked the federal government.
(b) He defended popular sovereignty.
(c) He attacked popular sovereignty.
(d) He attacked slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?

2. What does Donald say Lincoln returned to with the Gettysburg Address?

3. Why were Democrats critical of Lincoln?

4. What did Lincoln advocate in his inauguration address?

5. What technological development allowed Lincoln to be home on the weekends?

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