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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the war effort affect international relations?
(a) France was sending support to the Confederacy.
(b) With so much attention on the war, the US was losing its trade advantages in Asia.
(c) France and Britain complained because they could not get Southern cotton.
(d) While the Civil War raged, Mexico was threatening to retake territories it lost in the Mexican War.

2. Who helped Lincoln gain Britain's support for the Civil War?
(a) Charles Sumner.
(b) Preston Brooks.
(c) Stephen Douglas.
(d) Laurence Keitt.

3. How were things going for the Union in 1862?
(a) The situation was chaotic, and it was hard to say how things were.
(b) Things were not going well.
(c) Things were proceeding well.
(d) Successes were mixed with setbacks.

4. How did Lincoln view the Battle of Antietam?
(a) As an indication of divine will about emancipation.
(b) As an indication of which army was ultimately superior.
(c) As an indication of fate with regard to the Union.
(d) As an indicator of whose strategies were superior.

5. How did Lincoln respond to the controversies surrounding him?
(a) He became physically haggard.
(b) He entrenched himself with loyal supporters.
(c) He surrounded himself with people who would only give him good news.
(d) He second-guessed himself constantly.

6. How did the first major engagement with Southern troops change the public view of the war?
(a) The stalemate made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(b) The Union loss made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(c) The Union loss made people think that the South might succeed.
(d) The Southern loss made people think that the war would be over quickly.

7. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?
(a) Bringing it Back Together.
(b) Let the Union be Reunited.
(c) No Union with Slavery.
(d) Better not to Switch Horses.

8. What tragedy did Lincoln suffer early in the Civil War?
(a) His wife died.
(b) His father died.
(c) His son died.
(d) His mother died.

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

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

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

12. 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 powerful supporters in Congress.
(c) Grant's success in minor engagements.
(d) Grant's success in the west.

13. What effect did Lincoln's response to Greeley have?
(a) It alienated Lincoln from his Northern supporters.
(b) It eliminated all prerequisites for rejoining the Union.
(c) It made reparations a consequence of secession.
(d) It made the abolition of slavery a condition of peace.

14. How did the Civil War progress after initial Union losses?
(a) Union troops began to win battles.
(b) Union troops languished for lack of supplies.
(c) Union troops suffered one disaster after another.
(d) Southern troops began to falter for lack of supplies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooker fail to do at Chancellorsville, in Lincoln's estimation?

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

3. Who replaced General Burnside?

4. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

5. What criticism was made of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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