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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln believe he inherited from his grandmother?
(a) Diligence.
(b) Determination.
(c) Independence.
(d) Depression.

2. What were the border states afraid of?
(a) Lincoln would demand enormous numbers of troops and materials from them.
(b) That Lincoln would make them pay for the actions of any Southern sympathizers.
(c) Lincoln would liberate the slaves.
(d) Lincoln would tax them to pay for the Union army.

3. What did Lincoln work on after the 1852 election?
(a) Fighting slavery.
(b) Getting reelected.
(c) Developing a platform for the Representation.
(d) Getting Fillmore elected.

4. Where did the South ultimately surrender?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Appomattox.
(d) Antietam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the 10% plan?

2. Why did Lincoln replace General Burnside?

3. Who was Joshua Speed?

4. What was Lincoln's feeling about the image his advisers associated him with?

5. What was the public sentiment about the Civil War at the beginning?

(see the answer key)

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