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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. Where was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Texas.

2. The Constitutional Union Party was also known as what in the state of California?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Bell-Everett Party.
(d) The Liberty Party.

3. The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the immediate freedom of how many of the nation's slaves?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 10,000.

4. When was Stephen A. Douglas born?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1798.

5. What was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting the confiscation of any of property, including slaves, being used to support the Confederate insurrection?
(a) The Confiscation Act of 1881.
(b) The Confiscation Act of 1865.
(c) The Confiscation Act of 1861.
(d) The Confiscation Act of 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a major general during the American Civil War and organized the famous Army of the Potomac?

2. The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and in what year?

3. Who did Lincoln suggest was tearing apart the country instead of the Republicans during a speech in the 1860 presidential campaign?

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

5. What state had already mostly returned to Union control, so it was not named and was exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Frederick Douglass? When did he first meet with Lincoln?

2. What legislation did Abraham Lincoln introduce to Congress in July of 1862? What became of the legislation?

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

4. What was permitted by ordinance of the Second Confiscation Act?

5. What did President Buchanan do in response to the secession of the Southern states in Chapter 5?

6. What candidates were elected from the various parties for the 1860 presidential election?

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

8. What led to John C. Fremont's removal from command in Chapter 6?

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

10. When did Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee abolish slavery?

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