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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. Where did Union troops suffer an early defeat?
(a) Antietam.
(b) Fort Donelson.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Brice's Crossroads.

2. What terms did Lincoln offer to the parties Greeley claimed to represent?
(a) Return of habeas corpus for those who had been dispossessed.
(b) Free passage if they made an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(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. What was the occasion for the Gettysburg Address?
(a) The loss at Chancellorsville.
(b) The dedication of a cemetery.
(c) The victory at Gettysburg.
(d) Lincoln's passage through Gettysburg.

4. How did Lincoln bolster his support in the North?
(a) By encouraging the border states to liberate their slaves.
(b) By promising them funds for reconstruction.
(c) By offering them freedom from federal taxes.
(d) By offering to pay for any war damages.

5. 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 Union loss made people think that the South might succeed.
(c) The Southern loss made people think that the war would be over quickly.
(d) The stalemate made people think that the war might go on for a long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the war effort affect international relations?

2. What changed when Lincoln replaced General Hooker with General Meade?

3. Which was the first state to return to the Union?

4. What happened to complicate U.S. relations with Britain?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What major diplomatic problem confronted Lincoln at the end of the Civil War?

2. What problems did Lincoln have with General McClellan?

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

4. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his wife during the hard times of the war.

5. Describe Lincoln's falling out with Salmon Chase.

6. Why did Lincoln not liberate all the slaves early in the war?

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

8. What problems did Lincoln have preserving the integrity of the free states?

9. How did Lincoln bolster his support in the face of criticism over McClellan's inaction?

10. How did Lincoln establish the terms for peace?

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