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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. When did Lincoln publicly relieve John C. Fremont of command?
(a) October 15, 1862.
(b) November 2, 1861.
(c) September 14, 1875.
(d) July, 12, 1862.

2. In what year did West Virginia abolish slavery?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1864.

3. How many slave states in the South immediately declared their independence when Lincoln was elected?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

4. Where was John C. Breckinridge born?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kansas.

5. What refers to a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates?
(a) The Liberty Party.
(b) The Free Soil Party.
(c) War Democrats.
(d) The Copperheads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Frederick Douglass born?

2. To Lincoln,abolishing slavery in what state was the most important step because it was the only state in the South in which he attempted to apply his plan for Reconstruction as he had in Missouri and Tennessee?

3. Who was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee?

4. In the context of the American Civil War, what refers to slave states that did not declare their secession from the United States before April 1861?

5. How many candidates did the Democratic Party present for the 1860 presidential election?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the slaves who escaped to the Union in the beginning of the war, as described in Chapter 6?

2. What actions did John C. Fremont take with escaped slaves in Chapter 6?

3. What did the Emancipation Proclamation allow for regarding the military, as discussed in Chapter 8?

4. What actions did Secretary of State Seward take to further the colonialist cause during the Civil War? What problems were encountered?

5. When was the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued and what did it proclaim?

6. What was Abraham Lincoln's opinion of General Benjamin F. Butler's actions in Chapter 6?

7. What did Lincoln say in his inaugural address regarding the South? How was his speech received?

8. What bill was passed by Congress in July of 1861?

9. What did Lincoln allow Southern states to do in order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation in Chapter 7?

10. What military decision did General Benjamin F. Butler make in 1861 regarding escaped slaves?

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