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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. 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 refusal to adapt to new conditions.
(d) A shift in his thinking.

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

4. Why did Lincoln ultimately appoint Halleck as General-in-Chief?
(a) He was willing to punish the Southern slaveholders.
(b) He was not afraid to use freed slaves in his army.
(c) He was more aggressive than McClellan was.
(d) He was not afraid to use freed slaves in his army.

5. How did Lincoln appease abolitionist forces in the North during the Civil War?
(a) By punishing the Southern troops whenever he could.
(b) By signaling his opposition to slavery.
(c) By making the Emancipation Proclamation as early as possible.
(d) By outlawing the slave trade.

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

7. Who was Philip Sheridan?
(a) The General who replaced General Grant.
(b) The General Grant appointed to command in the Shenandoah Valley.
(c) The Democratic nomination for president in 1864.
(d) Lincoln's Secretary of State.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What was the new name of the Republican Party?
(a) The American Party.
(b) The Unity Party.
(c) The Reunited Party.
(d) The Union Party.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Horace Greeley do during the international crisis facing Lincoln?

2. What difficulty did Lincoln encounter at the start of the Civil War?

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

4. How did Lincoln view the Battle of Antietam?

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

(see the answer keys)

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