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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 occasion for the Gettysburg Address?
(a) The dedication of a cemetery.
(b) The victory at Gettysburg.
(c) The loss at Chancellorsville.
(d) Lincoln's passage through Gettysburg.

2. What impressed Lincoln enough that he appointed Grant to control Union forces against the South?
(a) Grant's success in minor engagements.
(b) Grant's powerful supporters in Congress.
(c) Grant's reputation as an aggressive and merciless general.
(d) Grant's success in the west.

3. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?
(a) He thought it would give the South more support from abroad.
(b) He did not want the war to be a referendum on slavery.
(c) He thought it would let the South play the role of victim.
(d) He did not have the authority to enforce such a proclamation.

4. Who replaced General Burnside?
(a) General Hooker.
(b) General Brown.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General Halleck.

5. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) The continuation of the Monroe Doctrine.
(c) The dislocation of the Cherokee.
(d) The beginnings of the Mexican War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which states gave Lincoln a ready supply of troops?

2. What was the Republican Party founded on?

3. What image did Lincoln's advisers associate him with in his 1860 campaign?

4. What happened to Lincoln's career as he was being considered for President in 1860?

5. For what causes did Lincoln campaign?

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