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

2. What were the border states afraid of?
(a) Lincoln would liberate the slaves.
(b) Lincoln would tax them to pay for the Union army.
(c) Lincoln would demand enormous numbers of troops and materials from them.
(d) That Lincoln would make them pay for the actions of any Southern sympathizers.

3. What criticism was made of the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) That it did not repair the injuries to African societies.
(b) That it did not give the slaves enough.
(c) That it did not free slaves in the Confederate states.
(d) That it did not punish slaveholders enough.

4. How did Congress handle the crisis with the British?
(a) They gave Lincoln explicit war powers.
(b) They arrested Simon Cameron.
(c) They opened an investigation into Lincoln and McClellan.
(d) They revoked Lincoln's war powers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln ultimately appoint Halleck as General-in-Chief?

2. What obstacle did Lincoln face in moving troops from north to south?

3. What prospect was beginning to open for Lincoln as he entered the third year of the war?

4. Which Union loss caused Lincoln to exclaim, "What will the country say?"

5. Why were the western states unhappy with the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe General McClellan's campaign against Lincoln.

6. How was the Civil War progressing for the Union troops in 1864?

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

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

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

10. How does Donald account for Grant's success in the West, such that Lincoln wanted to appoint him to run the Union army?

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