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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is considered the most controversial action Lincoln took during the Civil War?
(a) Replacing McClellan with Burnside.
(b) The suspension of habeas corpus.
(c) The burning of Atlanta.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

3. What was Lincoln's relationship with McClellan through 1862?
(a) McClellan would not follow Lincoln's orders.
(b) McClellan was incompetent but blamed his failures on Lincoln.
(c) Lincoln gave McClellan mixed messages about winning the war but being easy on the South.
(d) McClellan followed Lincoln's orders, but not always with success.

4. What technique did Lincoln use to kill the 50% plan Congress gave him?
(a) Signing statement.
(b) Pocket veto.
(c) Filibuster.
(d) Veto.

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

6. What happened to complicate U.S. relations with Britain?
(a) British aid was intercepted by the South.
(b) Some northerners wanted to help the South through the British.
(c) British merchants wanted to help the Confederacy.
(d) Two Confederate officers were seized from a British ship.

7. How did Lincoln respond when a Democratic Representative opposed him as "King Lincoln"?
(a) Lincoln brought him to the White House for a dressing down.
(b) Lincoln had him arrested.
(c) Lincoln let him speak.
(d) Lincoln engaged him in debate.

8. 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 the abolition of slavery a condition of peace.
(d) It made reparations a consequence of secession.

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

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

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

12. Where did the Union troops suffer a major defeat under General Burnside?
(a) Fredericksburg.
(b) Manassas.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Antietam.

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

14. What shift did Lincoln's letter to Greeley indicate in Lincoln's thinking?
(a) It made slavery the purpose of the war after all.
(b) It showed that he was willing to punish the South after all.
(c) It showed that he could act to protect mercantile interests after all.
(d) It showed that he was willing to punish the South after all. It showed that he could be influenced by mercantile interests after all.

15. 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) Keeping border states loyal.
(d) Supplying Fort Sumter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occasion for the Gettysburg Address?

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

3. Where was Lincoln on Election night 1864?

4. What was the 10% plan?

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

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