View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulty did Lincoln encounter at the start of the Civil War?
(a) Mobilizing the free states.
(b) Dealing with European states.
(c) Raising an army.
(d) Raising money.

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

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

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

5. Where did the Union troops suffer a major defeat under General Burnside?
(a) Manassas.
(b) Bull Run.
(c) Antietam.
(d) Fredericksburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lincoln follow around through his home county?

2. How did Lincoln respond when a Democratic Representative opposed him as "King Lincoln"?

3. What position did Lincoln hold after winning the 1852 election?

4. What did Lincoln do after his election to President in 1860?

5. What was the result of Lincoln's campaign against Douglas?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 251 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample