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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. When does Donald say was the low point for Lincoln's administration?

2. Where was Lincoln on Election night 1864?

3. What was Lincoln's campaign motto for his re-election campaign?

4. What was Lincoln's view of his role in the Civil War?

5. How did Lincoln respond to the controversies surrounding him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe General McClellan's campaign against Lincoln.

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

5. Describe Lincoln's relationship with General Hooker.

6. What problems did Lincoln have with General McClellan?

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

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

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

10. How did Lincoln establish the terms for peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Were England and France--both of which had outlawed slavery and slave trading--hypocritical in opposing Lincoln's blockade of the South during the Civil War? What interests were they speaking for when they complained about the war's impact? Did their arguments reconcile with their humanitarian stance with regard to slavery, and if so how?

Essay Topic 2

Lincoln was elected to the Presidency as an honest rail-splitting, hard-working man, but he himself was aloof from the image. In what ways did Lincoln retain his childhood self, and his father's personality, and in what ways did Lincoln diverge from the manual labor of his father's pioneer life? Did Lincoln change cultures, or did he bring pioneer virtues to the White House when they were needed there?

Essay Topic 3

When Lincoln declined to serve in a seat he had won, he ended up back in Springfield, where he was involved in local politics and he earned himself a name as a local lawyer. How was Lincoln's experience as a local figure related to his experience as a national figure?

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