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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln want to discuss in the captured Confederate capitol?
(a) The eventual defeat of the South.
(b) Reparations.
(c) The question of freed slaves.
(d) Reconstruction of the South.

3. Which was the first state to return to the Union?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

4. What did Lincoln do in his travels, following a man around the state?
(a) Raise money.
(b) Look for a wife.
(c) Campaign for office.
(d) Take on clients.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed when Lincoln replaced General Hooker with General Meade?

2. How were things going for the Union in 1862?

3. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?

4. What did the Battle of Antietam indicate for Lincoln?

5. Why was the Whig party divided against itself?

(see the answer key)

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