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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the border states afraid of?

2. How did the Civil War progress after initial Union losses?

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

4. What was the occasion for the Gettysburg Address?

5. What did the Battle of Antietam indicate for Lincoln?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lincoln establish the terms for peace?

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

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

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

6. What problems did Lincoln face from Minnesota?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Lincoln's temperament in relation to his career as a politician and leader. What role did his depressions play in his career? What role did his circumspection and rationality?

Essay Topic 2

How did Lincoln withhold or divulge information over time, and how did his thinking about what to divulge and when to divulge it change? What did he learn about managing information? What did he have to suffer in order to learn this lesson?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Lincoln face opposition from his generals? Was it because of something personal to Lincoln, or simply because of the odiousness of the task of prosecuting a war against renegade states? How did Lincoln respond to his generals' opposition, what did it force him to do, and how did he change or grow as a politician or as a person in response to his generals' insubordination?

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