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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 did Lincoln handle the question of emancipating the slaves?
(a) He made no question of his opposition to slavery.
(b) He waffled on it.
(c) He told each party what they wanted to hear.
(d) He kept his feelings to himself.

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

3. How did Lincoln view the Battle of Antietam?
(a) As an indication of fate with regard to the Union.
(b) As an indication of which army was ultimately superior.
(c) As an indicator of whose strategies were superior.
(d) As an indication of divine will about emancipation.

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

5. How did Lincoln respond when a Democratic Representative opposed him as "King Lincoln"?
(a) Lincoln let him speak.
(b) Lincoln engaged him in debate.
(c) Lincoln brought him to the White House for a dressing down.
(d) Lincoln had him arrested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Lincoln's support at the beginning of the Civil War?

2. Who was Philip Sheridan?

3. What criticism was made of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

5. What impressed Lincoln enough that he appointed Grant to control Union forces against the South?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What problems did Lincoln face from Minnesota?

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

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