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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VI. Events Have Controlled Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Wade-Davis bill passed according to "Unprepared to Be Inflexibly Committed to Any Single Plan"?
(a) August 1864.
(b) June 1864.
(c) July 1864.
(d) May 1864.

2. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.
(b) McClellan's defeat.
(c) The desire to defeat General Lee.
(d) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.

3. What does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Meet her mother.
(c) Eat more food.
(d) Grow a beard.

4. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?
(a) The public thinking it was a financial issue.
(b) The public thinking that slavery it was not a moral issue.
(c) The public thinking it was in the hands of Lincoln.
(d) The public thinking it was in the hands of the states.

5. What did Lincoln say was one of government's most important roles in "The Legitimate Object of Government"?
(a) Raise taxes.
(b) Support the economy.
(c) Wedge war.
(d) Address crimes and wrongdoing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would employ the strategy Lincoln described in "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His" in 1864?

2. When was "The Election Was a Necessity" written?

3. When was the Kansas-Nebraska act signed according to "Our Republican Robe is Soiled"?

4. Who did Lincoln criticize in "If We Never Try, We Shall Never Succeed"?

5. What did Lincoln want border states to accept according to "The Incidents of the War Cannot Be Avoided"?

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