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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scheme did John Booth enter into?
(a) To firebomb the White House.
(b) To kidnap the President.
(c) To assassinate the President and all of his cabinet.
(d) To cause another war by staging a provocative act of terrorism.

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

3. How did Lincoln come to settle in New Salem, Illinois?
(a) By accident.
(b) He was nominated for mayor there.
(c) He lived there while he went to school.
(d) He married there.

4. Where did Union troops suffer an early defeat?
(a) Brice's Crossroads.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Fort Donelson.

5. What happened to Lincoln's career as he was being considered for President in 1860?
(a) He was too busy to work for his law firm.
(b) His law firm was languishing.
(c) His career was taking off.
(d) He was taking on business but not seeing it through.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln ultimately appoint Halleck as General-in-Chief?

2. When was Lincoln born?

3. What was McClellan's feeling about the President and Congress?

4. What was the issue at the heart of the issue that brought Lincoln back to politics?

5. Where was John Wilkes Booth from?

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