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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. The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the immediate freedom of how many of the nation's slaves?
2. Who was an anti-slavery activist who was active in the New York Committee of Vigilance and the Underground Railroad and helped Frederick Douglass escape to freedom?
3. To Lincoln,abolishing slavery in what state was the most important step because it was the only state in the South in which he attempted to apply his plan for Reconstruction as he had in Missouri and Tennessee?
4. What refers to a trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals?
5. How many slave states in the South immediately declared their independence when Lincoln was elected?
Short Essay Questions
1. What treatment did blacks receive in the Union Army, as described in Chapter 8?
2. What was permitted by ordinance of the Second Confiscation Act?
3. What legislation did Abraham Lincoln introduce to Congress in July of 1862? What became of the legislation?
4. When did Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee abolish slavery?
5. Who was Frederick Douglass? When did he first meet with Lincoln?
6. What did Lincoln allow Southern states to do in order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation in Chapter 7?
7. What happened to the slaves who escaped to the Union in the beginning of the war, as described in Chapter 6?
8. What bill was passed by Congress in July of 1861?
9. What actions did Secretary of State Seward take to further the colonialist cause during the Civil War? What problems were encountered?
10. What did President Buchanan do in response to the secession of the Southern states in Chapter 5?
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?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the actions of John C. Fremont and General Benjamin F. Butler. How were these men treated differently as a consequence of their actions and why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation and the enlisting of blacks in the Union Army. How were blacks treated in comparison to whites?
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