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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were things going for the Union in 1862?

3. What condition did Lincoln propose to impose on states that wanted to rejoin the union?

4. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

5. Who replaced General Burnside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's final falling out with General McClellan.

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

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

4. How did Lincoln establish the terms for peace?

5. How did Lincoln change the command structure of the army in order to get better results out of General McClellan?

6. What international crisis did Lincoln leave Seward to avert?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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