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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. When was the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued according to "Shall Be Thenceforth, and Forever Free"?
(a) December1862.
(b) October 1862.
(c) November 1862.
(d) September 1862.

2. When was "Give Me a Tangible Nucleus" written?
(a) January 1864.
(b) December 1863.
(c) October 1863.
(d) November 1863.

3. What was the worry according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?
(a) That North Carolina would secede.
(b) That Illinois would secede.
(c) That Maryland would secede.
(d) That Kentucky would secede.

4. Who did Lincoln express his frustration with for not voting for the Party candidate in the presidential election?
(a) Pro slavery.
(b) Abolitionists.
(c) Know Nothing.
(d) Whigs.

5. How is "A New Birth of Freedom" better known as?
(a) Lincoln's First Commencement Adress.
(b) The Wellington Speech.
(c) The Gettysburg Address.
(d) The Grand Finale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was war never declared between the Union and the Confederacy?

2. What did "Questions I Reserve to Myself" foreshadow?

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

4. Why did Lincoln vote for Polk's military spending bills?

5. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?

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