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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. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Spring 1863.
(b) Fall 1863.
(c) Winter 1862.
(d) Spring 1864.

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

3. When does Donald say was the low point for Lincoln's administration?
(a) Early 1863.
(b) Late 1863.
(c) Mid-1863.
(d) Late 1862.

4. What condition did Lincoln propose to impose on states that wanted to rejoin the union?
(a) States had to free their slaves and demonstrate integration of black and white cultures.
(b) Governors had to be appointed by Lincoln himself.
(c) States had to renounce their secession and repay the North for their war costs.
(d) State governments had to be run by men who had taken an oath of loyalty to the country.

5. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
(a) Freed slaves in the north and in states in rebellion.
(b) Free all slaves in North America.
(c) Free slaves and give them reparations.
(d) Free all literate slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Philip Sheridan?

2. What difficulty did Lincoln encounter at the start of the Civil War?

3. Who was Lincoln's chief opponent for the nomination for President in 1864?

4. What technique did Lincoln use to kill the 50% plan Congress gave him?

5. Who replaced General Burnside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lincoln establish the terms for peace?

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

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

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

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

6. What problems did Lincoln face from Minnesota?

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

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

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

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

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