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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. How many troops did Lincoln order to Fort Sumter in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) 250000.
(b) 25000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 125000.

2. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?
(a) Two days before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Two weeks after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) Two days after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Two weeks before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

3. Who was "I Am Distressed Immeasurably" intended for?
(a) General Sherman.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General McClellan.
(d) General Meade.

4. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1850.

5. What was "I Can Not Consent to Suspend the Draft" a response to?
(a) Riots in Washington.
(b) Riots in Philadelphia.
(c) Riots in Portland.
(d) Riots in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln consider the Civil War to be a test of according to "A People's Contest"?

2. What was excluded from the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Give Up All Footing Upon Constitution or Law"?

3. When did Polk start a war with Mexico according to "No One Man Should Hold the Power"?

4. What theory does Lincoln try to disprove in "Opens the Way for All"?

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

(see the answer key)

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