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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. A New Birth of Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of Lincoln key objectives in the war according to "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His"?
(a) East Tennessee.
(b) West Tennessee.
(c) South Tennessee.
(d) North Tennessee.

2. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1854.

3. How was the Emancipation Proclamation written?
(a) With rhetoric to support it.
(b) Straightforward and brief.
(c) In a straightforward manner.
(d) In a brief manner.

4. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) To assuage fears.
(b) To show strength.
(c) To put down the Southern rebellion.
(d) To attack plantations.

5. When was the Dred Scott case judged by the Supreme Court according to "All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1857.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important characteristic of the ideal lawyer according to "Resolve to Be Honest"?

2. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?

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

4. What was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?

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

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