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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
(a) Free all literate slaves.
(b) Free slaves and give them reparations.
(c) Free all slaves in North America.
(d) Freed slaves in the north and in states in rebellion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What issue does Donald say consumed a great deal of Lincoln's time and drove his politics?
(a) Preventing in-fighting in his cabinet.
(b) Preparing the public for a long war.
(c) Supplying Fort Sumter.
(d) Keeping border states loyal.

10. What was one consequence of Lincoln's letter to Greeley?
(a) Some Democrats wanted to impeach him.
(b) Some Republicans wanted to rescind his nomination.
(c) Some in the Union party wanted to rescind his nomination.
(d) Some Republicans wanted to impeach him.

11. 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 thought it would let the South play the role of victim.
(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. Who was Lincoln's chief opponent for the nomination for President in 1864?
(a) Salmon Chase.
(b) General Burnside.
(c) Jefferson Davies.
(d) General Meade.

13. How did Congress handle the crisis with the British?
(a) They revoked Lincoln's war powers.
(b) They opened an investigation into Lincoln and McClellan.
(c) They gave Lincoln explicit war powers.
(d) They arrested Simon Cameron.

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

15. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Winter 1862.
(b) Spring 1863.
(c) Spring 1864.
(d) Fall 1863.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tragedy did Lincoln suffer early in the Civil War?

2. What were the border states afraid of?

3. How did Lincoln appease the border states?

4. Who was Simon Cameron?

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

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