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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the occasion for the Gettysburg Address?
(a) The dedication of a cemetery.
(b) The loss at Chancellorsville.
(c) Lincoln's passage through Gettysburg.
(d) The victory at Gettysburg.

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

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

4. What does Donald say the Gettysburg Address indicates about Lincoln?
(a) A new insecurity about the validity of the war.
(b) A return to his origins.
(c) A shift in his thinking.
(d) A refusal to adapt to new conditions.

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

6. What happened to increase Lincoln's chances of reelection?
(a) The Democratic candidates annihilated each other.
(b) The Democratic nominee withdrew.
(c) The Democratic candidate was embroiled in a scandal.
(d) The Democrats were splintered.

7. What does Donald say Lincoln returned to with the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Making public proclamations.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Habeas Corpus.

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

9. What message did Horace Greeley convey to Lincoln?
(a) That English merchants wanted to talk about resuming trade with the South.
(b) That New York entrepreneurs wanted to talk about financing reconstruction efforts.
(c) That French shipping agents wanted to talk about resuming trade with the South.
(d) That a group of Confederate representatives wanted to discuss peace

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

11. What happened to Lincoln's support at the beginning of the Civil War?
(a) It fragmented once the fighting actually started.
(b) It stiffened as the war promised to last a long time.
(c) It softened with the first Union losses.
(d) It came together as people started to realize what the war would require.

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

13. When did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?
(a) October 1863.
(b) April 1863.
(c) July 1863.
(d) September 1862.

14. How did Lincoln announce his desire for the Presidential nomination?
(a) He made a public address.
(b) He let his advisors know that he would welcome the nomination.
(c) He undermined the prospects of his opponents.
(d) He staged a scene in which his advisors gestured to crown him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln replace General Burnside?

2. Who was Lincoln's chief opponent for the nomination for President in 1864?

3. What obstacle did Lincoln face in moving troops from north to south?

4. What was Lincoln waiting for before making the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

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