2. When was Congress called to special session in which a bill was passed declaring the war had nothing to do with slavery but was being fought in order to preserve the Constitution?

3. The Constitutional Union Party was established in what year?

4. Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation offered gradual emancipation and what to border states and any states that returned voluntarily to the Union?

5. What state asked to be entered into the Union as a separate state, agreeing that all black children born after July 1863 would be free?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Abraham Lincoln's early exposure to slavery and his impressions as a child and young man regarding the issue of slaves. When and where did Lincoln view slaves being bought and sold?