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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. How many slave states in the South immediately declared their independence when Lincoln was elected?
2. 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?
3. What were Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe called?
4. Where was John C. Breckinridge born?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What actions did John C. Fremont take with escaped slaves in Chapter 6?
2. What led to John C. Fremont's removal from command in Chapter 6?
3. What treatment did blacks receive in the Union Army, as described in Chapter 8?
4. What happened to the slaves who escaped to the Union in the beginning of the war, as described in Chapter 6?
5. Why did Lincoln initially refuse to allow blacks in the Union Army, as discussed in Chapter 7?
6. When was the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued and what did it proclaim?
7. What actions did Secretary of State Seward take to further the colonialist cause during the Civil War? What problems were encountered?
8. What did Lincoln allow Southern states to do in order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation in Chapter 7?
9. What did Lincoln say in his inaugural address regarding the South? How was his speech received?
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
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 2
Discuss Lincoln's Law practice in Illinois during the 1840s, and notable cases taken by Lincoln which centered on slaves or former slaves. What do these cases say about Lincoln's views on slavery?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the First and Second Confiscation Acts. How did each of these acts further the Union's cause?
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