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

2. What idea did Lincoln stress in "The Jewel of Liberty" ?
(a) Limited black suffrage for the state of New York.
(b) Limited black suffrage for the state of Noth Carolina.
(c) Limited black suffrage for the state of Florida..
(d) Limited black suffrage for the state of Louisiana.

3. What did Lincoln point to as the reason for the war continuing in "The Curses of Heaven"?
(a) War was good for business.
(b) Jefferson Davis' unwillingness to rejoin the Union.
(c) The war bonds kept the south well stocked.
(d) The south was giving conditions for surrender.

4. What type of political opponent did Lincoln pursue during the war according to "Indispensable to the Public Safety"?
(a) Social opponents.
(b) War opponents.
(c) Reform opponents.
(d) Financial opponents.

5. What order did John Fremont give according to "To Conform to the Act of Congress"?
(a) To free slaves of captured soldiers.
(b) To free slaves of plantation owners.
(c) To free slaves of disloyal residents.
(d) To free slaves in three cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln refuse to do according to "It is the End of Us"?

2. What was "The Eternal Struggle Between Right and Wrong" written for?

3. What became the most contentious issue of the Reconstruction era according to "A Full Pardon"?

4. What did Lincoln refuse to do in "Will Be Received and Considered"?

5. When was Lincoln born?

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