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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. 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?

2. What refers to goods that a neutral nation cannot supply to a belligerent nation except at the risk of seizure and confiscation?

3. The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the immediate freedom of how many of the nation's slaves?

4. When was Stephen A. Douglas born?

5. In January 1862, what Republican leader in the House called for total war against the rebellion to include emancipation of slaves, arguing that emancipation, by forcing the loss of enslaved labor, would ruin the rebel economy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What political strategies did Lincoln assert in Chapter 5? What issues were avoided and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the life of Frederick Douglass. What impact did Douglass have on the black community in America? What influence did he have on Abraham Lincoln?

Essay Topic 3

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

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