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

2. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?
(a) The public thinking it was in the hands of Lincoln.
(b) The public thinking it was in the hands of the states.
(c) The public thinking it was a financial issue.
(d) The public thinking that slavery it was not a moral issue.

3. What did Lincoln tell Hooker not to do in "There is No Eligible Route for Us into Richmond"?
(a) Attack Lee's army.
(b) Take Richmond.
(c) Rest his troops.
(d) Pursue Lee's army.

4. What claims did Lincoln dismiss in "Broken Eggs Cannot Be Mended"?
(a) The blacks electing their own president.
(b) The whites farmers leaving for Mexico.
(c) The newly freed slaves rising to kill all the whites in the southern states.
(d) A black army marching to Washington.

5. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?
(a) By Mexico.
(b) By Canada.
(c) By slaves.
(d) By forces within.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "The Union is Perpetual" written for?

2. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?

3. What did the Whigs support according to "Bow to It I Never Will"?

4. What policy did Lincoln ask congress to help with in "Gradual Emancipation is Better for All"?

5. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?

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