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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. Where did Union troops suffer an early defeat?

2. What happened to complicate U.S. relations with Britain?

3. Where was Lincoln on Election night 1864?

4. How did Lincoln announce his desire for the Presidential nomination?

5. What message did Horace Greeley convey to Lincoln?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Donald locate the low point for Lincoln's administration?

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. What risk did Lincoln run by suspending habeas corpus?

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

5. What difficulties did Salmon Chase create for Lincoln?

6. How did Lincoln establish the terms for peace?

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

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

9. Describe General McClellan's campaign against Lincoln.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of experiential learning in Lincoln's career, both as a young man and as President. How did he learn, and what made his judgment trustworthy? What errors did he make?

Essay Topic 3

Even before Lincoln arrived in Washington DC, he was threatened with assassination in Baltimore. What role did the threat of assassination play in Lincoln's presidency? How did Lincoln change or refuse to change his policies or activities because of the threats?

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