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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 was William H. Seward born?
2. What was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting the confiscation of any of property, including slaves, being used to support the Confederate insurrection?
3. The Emancipation Proclamation did not pertain to the slaves in the border states, leaving nearly how many people in bondage?
4. The Battle of Antietam was fought on what date?
5. What refers to a trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals?
Short Essay Questions
1. What state's slavery abolition was of greatest importance to Lincoln? Why?
2. When was the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued and what did it proclaim?
3. When did Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee abolish slavery?
4. What led to John C. Fremont's removal from command in Chapter 6?
5. What treatment did blacks receive in the Union Army, as described in Chapter 8?
6. What military decision did General Benjamin F. Butler make in 1861 regarding escaped slaves?
7. What did Lincoln write of his impressions of New Orleans as a young man?
8. What was permitted by ordinance of the Second Confiscation Act?
9. What was Abraham Lincoln's opinion of General Benjamin F. Butler's actions in Chapter 6?
10. What did Lincoln assert of the Republican Party at his speech at the Cooper Institute in 1860?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution. When was the amendment first introduced to the House? How was it received by the citizens of the nation?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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