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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was McClellan's feeling about the President and Congress?
(a) He was cowed by them.
(b) He was disgusted by civilian leadership.
(c) He was afraid of them.
(d) He distrusted them.

2. What was the 10% plan?
(a) Unrepentant Southerners could not occupy more than 10% of a state's cabinet positions.
(b) There could not be more than 10% of the slave population still in slavery for a state to re-enter the union.
(c) A state's war reparations could not exceed 10% of its total income.
(d) 10% of voters from the 1860 election had to have voted in any post-war election for it to be valid.

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

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

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

6. What did Hooker fail to do at Chancellorsville, in Lincoln's estimation?
(a) Wage a cautious battle.
(b) Keep enough soldiers in reserve.
(c) Press with his entire army.
(d) Retreat in time.

7. How did Lincoln bolster his support in the North?
(a) By offering to pay for any war damages.
(b) By promising them funds for reconstruction.
(c) By encouraging the border states to liberate their slaves.
(d) By offering them freedom from federal taxes.

8. What was Lincoln's view of his role in the Civil War?
(a) He was megalomaniacal.
(b) He was messianic.
(c) He was fatalistic.
(d) He was indifferent.

9. When does Donald say was the low point for Lincoln's administration?
(a) Late 1863.
(b) Mid-1863.
(c) Early 1863.
(d) Late 1862.

10. Who was Edward Stanton?
(a) A military strategist who advised Lincoln.
(b) The official whom Lincoln appointed as Secretary of State.
(c) The official whom Lincoln appointed as Secretary of Defense.
(d) The official who replaced Simon Cameron.

11. What turned public opinion in favor of Lincoln?
(a) Lincoln's open letters about his ideas.
(b) A string of decisive Union victories.
(c) The praise of Lincoln's opponents.
(d) Lincoln's determination to honor his promise to liberate the slaves.

12. Which was the first state to return to the Union?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Louisiana.

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

14. With whom did Lincoln ultimately replace McClellan?
(a) Halleck.
(b) Meade.
(c) Hooker.
(d) Grant.

15. What changed when Lincoln replaced General Hooker with General Meade?
(a) The Union troops acted less effectively in battle.
(b) The Union troops repulsed the Confederate troops.
(c) Public opinion swung around sharply.
(d) Union losses declined steeply.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?

2. How did Lincoln announce his desire for the Presidential nomination?

3. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?

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

5. What was Lincoln's relationship with McClellan through 1862?

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