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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln participate in the 1862 elections?
(a) He ran the war from his campaign stops.
(b) He did not campaign for Republican Party candidates.
(c) He brought out crowds wherever he went, and he threw their support behind Republican Party candidates.
(d) He helped Republican Party candidates raise money.

2. What did Horace Greeley do during the international crisis facing Lincoln?
(a) Organized a conference on trade.
(b) Ran Northern blockades.
(c) Wrote articles critical of Lincoln.
(d) Advocated for international mediation.

3. What action did Congress take on slavery at the end of 1864?
(a) They passed the 14th Amendment giving blacks the right to vote.
(b) They passed the Emancipation Proclamation into law.
(c) They issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) They passed the 13th amendment ending slavery.

4. What was Lincoln waiting for before making the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) A Union victory.
(b) Desperation in the South.
(c) Southern surrender.
(d) Slave revolts.

5. What did the Battle of Antietam indicate for Lincoln?
(a) That he should abandon emancipation for now.
(b) That he should change generals.
(c) That he should bolster his support before making any new offensives.
(d) That God smiled on the Union.

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

7. Why did Lincoln ultimately appoint Halleck as General-in-Chief?
(a) He was not afraid to use freed slaves in his army.
(b) He was more aggressive than McClellan was.
(c) He was not afraid to use freed slaves in his army.
(d) He was willing to punish the Southern slaveholders.

8. What document justified the controversial step Lincoln took during the Civil War?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) The Articles of Confederation.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

9. How did Lincoln handle the question of emancipating the slaves?
(a) He told each party what they wanted to hear.
(b) He made no question of his opposition to slavery.
(c) He kept his feelings to himself.
(d) He waffled on it.

10. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?
(a) He did not have the authority to enforce such a proclamation.
(b) He thought it would give the South more support from abroad.
(c) He thought it would let the South play the role of victim.
(d) He did not want the war to be a referendum on slavery.

11. Who was Lincoln's chief opponent for the nomination for President in 1864?
(a) General Burnside.
(b) Salmon Chase.
(c) General Meade.
(d) Jefferson Davies.

12. How did Lincoln appease abolitionist forces in the North during the Civil War?
(a) By punishing the Southern troops whenever he could.
(b) By outlawing the slave trade.
(c) By signaling his opposition to slavery.
(d) By making the Emancipation Proclamation as early as possible.

13. What terms did Lincoln offer to the parties Greeley claimed to represent?
(a) Free passage if they made an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(b) Free passage if they averred the integrity of the Union and the abandonment of slavery.
(c) Return of habeas corpus for those who had been dispossessed.
(d) Exemption from reparations for those who gave 10% of their income to ex-slaves.

14. Who was the general in charge of Union troops at the beginning of the Civil War?
(a) Grant.
(b) Thomas.
(c) McClellan.
(d) Lee.

15. What danger did the Confederate troops pose in summer 1864?
(a) Washington, DC was in danger.
(b) They were at the edge of defeat.
(c) They were reduced to roving bands.
(d) They were on the outskirts of New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the war effort affect international relations?

2. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

3. What effect did Lincoln's response to Greeley have?

4. What is considered the most controversial action Lincoln took during the Civil War?

5. What does Donald say Lincoln returned to with the Gettysburg Address?

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