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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the 10% plan?
(a) There could not be more than 10% of the slave population still in slavery for a state to re-enter the union.
(b) A state's war reparations could not exceed 10% of its total income.
(c) Unrepentant Southerners could not occupy more than 10% of a state's cabinet positions.
(d) 10% of voters from the 1860 election had to have voted in any post-war election for it to be valid.

2. What obstacle did Lincoln face in moving troops from north to south?
(a) Lack of funds.
(b) Pro-South citizens in Maryland.
(c) Railroad saboteurs.
(d) Inconsistent rail service.

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

4. What prospect was beginning to open for Lincoln as he entered the third year of the war?
(a) Imperial power.
(b) Reelection.
(c) Life-long appointment.
(d) Abdication.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lincoln on Election night 1864?

2. What criticism was made of the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. How did Lincoln's strategy of appointing cabinet-members get him in trouble?

4. What danger did the Confederate troops pose in summer 1864?

5. What was McClellan's feeling about the President and Congress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the genesis and delivery of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

2. When does Donald locate the low point for Lincoln's administration?

3. What problems did Lincoln have with General McClellan?

4. What problems did Lincoln face from Minnesota?

5. Describe Lincoln's plans to run for re-election.

6. How did the Civil War create international difficulties for Lincoln?

7. How did Lincoln handle the decision of when to liberate the slaves?

8. What risk did Lincoln run by suspending habeas corpus?

9. What was the public's initial reaction to the Civil War?

10. What was the state of the Union after Lincoln was re-elected?

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