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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lincoln decline to serve in the seat he was elected to in 1852?
(a) He wanted to be appointed Senator.
(b) He wanted to work on unifying Republicans.
(c) He wanted to break with the Republican Party.
(d) He wanted to spend more time with his family.

2. Who was Simon Cameron?
(a) The Southern General at the Battle of Bull Run.
(b) The first head of Lincoln's War Office.
(c) The Secretary of Defense.
(d) The General in charge of the Army of the Potomac.

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

4. What happened to increase Lincoln's chances of reelection?
(a) The Democrats were splintered.
(b) The Democratic candidate was embroiled in a scandal.
(c) The Democratic nominee withdrew.
(d) The Democratic candidates annihilated each other.

5. What did Lincoln suspect about Greeley's proposal?
(a) That the real purpose was to foster Greeley's ambitions.
(b) That the real purpose was to enslave the South to Northern economic interests.
(c) That the real purpose was to work against Lincoln's reelection.
(d) That the real purpose was to reduce the effectiveness of the federal government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced General Burnside?

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

3. What shift did Lincoln's letter to Greeley indicate in Lincoln's thinking?

4. How did Lincoln respond to the controversies surrounding him?

5. What did Lincoln want to discuss in the captured Confederate capitol?

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