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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 was General Benjamin F. Butler assigned when he decided not to send a group of escape slaves back to their owners?
2. What is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations, but still retain diplomacy, and avoid all wars not related to direct self-defense?
3. What was the name of a major command of the United States Army during the 19th century which oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Mississippi River to the borders of California and Oregon?
4. When did the United States Civil War begin?
5. When was the American Colonization Society founded?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee abolish slavery?
2. What military decision did General Benjamin F. Butler make in 1861 regarding escaped slaves?
3. What happened to the slaves who escaped to the Union in the beginning of the war, as described in Chapter 6?
4. What did the Emancipation Proclamation allow for regarding the military, as discussed in Chapter 8?
5. What actions and events led to the beginning of the Civil War, as discussed in Chapter 5?
6. What state's slavery abolition was of greatest importance to Lincoln? Why?
7. What legislation did Abraham Lincoln introduce to Congress in July of 1862? What became of the legislation?
8. What was Abraham Lincoln's opinion of General Benjamin F. Butler's actions in Chapter 6?
9. Who was Frederick Douglass? When did he first meet with Lincoln?
10. What treatment did blacks receive in the Union Army, as described in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation and the enlisting of blacks in the Union Army. How were blacks treated in comparison to whites?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the different abolitionist movements of the early 1800s. How did these movements differ in their philosophies of dealing with the emancipated slaves?
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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