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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 did Horace Greeley do during the international crisis facing Lincoln?

2. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?

3. What shift did Lincoln's letter to Greeley indicate in Lincoln's thinking?

4. How did Lincoln appease the border states?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his wife during the hard times of the war.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe General McClellan's campaign against Lincoln.

9. What difficulties did Salmon Chase create for Lincoln?

10. Describe Lincoln's approach to the question of slavery relative to his conduct of the war.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lincoln was engaged three times before he finally married his third fiancée. Compare and contrast his private life and his relationship with his wife, and his public life and his career as a politician. Was he the same person in either circumstance, or did he live a split life between the two spheres?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Lincoln's relationship with the military. What was military culture like, and how did it differ from other political bodies Lincoln had worked with? How did the military require a management style that was different from the management style Lincoln had learned in the Republican Party, in Congress, and then in the White House.

Essay Topic 3

What was the effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates on Lincoln's career? How did Lincoln change as a thinker and as a politician as a result of the debates?

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