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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was Lincoln's chief opponent for the nomination for President in 1864?
(a) Salmon Chase.
(b) Jefferson Davies.
(c) General Burnside.
(d) General Meade.

4. What difficulty did Lincoln encounter at the start of the Civil War?
(a) Mobilizing the free states.
(b) Dealing with European states.
(c) Raising money.
(d) Raising an army.

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

6. Who was Simon Cameron?
(a) The General in charge of the Army of the Potomac.
(b) The first head of Lincoln's War Office.
(c) The Secretary of Defense.
(d) The Southern General at the Battle of Bull Run.

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

8. Which Union loss caused Lincoln to exclaim, "What will the country say?"
(a) Chancellorsville.
(b) Bull Run.
(c) Antietam.
(d) Fredericksburg.

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

10. Who helped Lincoln gain Britain's support for the Civil War?
(a) Laurence Keitt.
(b) Charles Sumner.
(c) Stephen Douglas.
(d) Preston Brooks.

11. Whom did the Democrats get to run against Lincoln?
(a) Horace Greeley.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Salmon Chase.
(d) Ulysses Grant.

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

13. How were things going for the Union in 1862?
(a) Things were proceeding well.
(b) Things were not going well.
(c) The situation was chaotic, and it was hard to say how things were.
(d) Successes were mixed with setbacks.

14. 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 reduce the effectiveness of the federal government.
(c) That the real purpose was to work against Lincoln's reelection.
(d) That the real purpose was to enslave the South to Northern economic interests.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What turned public opinion in favor of Lincoln?

2. How did Lincoln respond when a Democratic Representative opposed him as "King Lincoln"?

3. What document justified the controversial step Lincoln took during the Civil War?

4. How did Lincoln appease abolitionist forces in the North during the Civil War?

5. What were the border states afraid of?

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