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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. William H. Seward was the 12th governor of what state?

2. Stephen A. Douglas was a candidate for what party in the 1860 presidential election?

3. In what year did Maryland abolish slavery?

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

5. What was the name of a proposed Central American colony suggested by United States Senator Samuel Pomeroy of Kansas in 1862?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln write of his impressions of New Orleans as a young man?

2. What state's slavery abolition was of greatest importance to Lincoln? Why?

3. What treatment did blacks receive in the Union Army, as described in Chapter 8?

4. What actions and events led to the beginning of the Civil War, as discussed in Chapter 5?

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

6. What did Lincoln assert of the Republican Party at his speech at the Cooper Institute in 1860?

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

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

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

10. Why did Lincoln initially refuse to allow blacks in the Union Army, as discussed in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution. When was the amendment first introduced to the House? How was it received by the citizens of the nation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the origins of slavery in the United States. Where in the early nation did slavery flourish and expand? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the political and social ideals of Secretary of State William H. Seward and President Abraham Lincoln. On what issues did the men disagree and why?

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