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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 did Lincoln ask Sherman to do in "Go Far Towards Losing the Whole Union Cause"?
(a) Pursue Lee's army.
(b) Stop and rest his army.
(c) Let his soldiers go home and vote.
(d) Go back to Washington to meet him.

2. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?
(a) Free states.
(b) Slave states.
(c) Border states.
(d) Confederate states.

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

4. Why wasn't "The Administration Will Not Be Re-Elected" sent by Lincoln?
(a) He lost it.
(b) He won the general election.
(c) It was meant as a reminder.
(d) An intern stole it.

5. Who did Lincoln write "I Like the Letters Very Much" for?
(a) Sophia Henkins.
(b) Mary Todd.
(c) Roberta Marki.
(d) Mary Rosenthal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lincoln campaign for according to "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future"?

2. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?

3. Who was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" intended for?

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

5. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?

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