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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. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?
(a) More troops.
(b) More money.
(c) More supplies.
(d) More support from government leaders.

2. What did Carl Schurz blame Lincoln's administration for according to "I Do Not See That Their Superiority of Success has Been So Marked"?
(a) The lack of education founding.
(b) The war and Republican failure at the 1862 election.
(c) The economy going down.
(d) The taxes increase.

3. What was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) Being an abolitionist.
(b) Being pro-slavery.
(c) Being Republican.
(d) Being a Democrat.

4. What did Lincoln see as advantageous when writing "I Accept the Nomination"?
(a) Being specific about policy.
(b) Being clear about his political allies.
(c) Being clear about his enemies in the south.
(d) Being vague about policy.

5. When was "Right Makes Might" written?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1861.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?

2. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?

3. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?

4. What did Lincoln feel about the new commander of the Union Armies?

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

(see the answer key)

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