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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. When did Lincoln publish his Emancipation Proclamation?

2. When did Abraham Lincoln first meet with Frederick Douglass?

3. What, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War?

4. Who founded the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Lincoln allow Southern states to do in order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation in Chapter 7?

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

8. What bill was passed by Congress in July of 1861?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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