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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What compelled Lincoln to take the steps leading to war and the Emancipation Proclamation according to "If Slavery is Not Wrong, Nothing is Wrong"?
(a) The view that he thought would have him reelected.
(b) The view most popular according to a recent survey.
(c) His personal view.
(d) The Constitution.

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

3. What was in the works by August of 1862 according to the editor?
(a) Lincoln's autobiography.
(b) Lincoln's change in policy.
(c) The new Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

4. What did "Questions I Reserve to Myself" foreshadow?
(a) Thanksgiving Proclamation.
(b) Proclamation for National Fast Day.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Proclamation to Overrule the General's Emancipation.

5. What were the Unionists calling the army to go easy on according to "Leaving Any Available Card Unplayed"?
(a) Confederate forces in Georgia.
(b) Confederate forces in South Carolina.
(c) Confederate forces in Louisiana.
(d) Confederate forces in Arkansas.

6. Who did Lincoln write "A Single Half-Defeat" for?
(a) An Illinois reporter.
(b) French author.
(c) A friend.
(d) A politician.

7. When was the Emancipation Proclamation published according to "Are, and Henceforth Shall Be Free"?
(a) March 1963.
(b) April 1963.
(c) February 1963.
(d) January 1963.

8. When was "The World Has Never Had a Good Definition of Liberty" written?
(a) May 1864.
(b) March 1864.
(c) April 1864.
(d) January1864.

9. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.
(b) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(c) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(d) A politician who lost a son in the war.

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

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

12. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?
(a) They were forced to sign confession letters.
(b) They were forced to serve in the Confederate army.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were sent home.

13. What did Lincoln call radicals in "The Jewel of Liberty"?
(a) Incoporating African Americans in the regular army.
(b) Giving African Americans equal rights.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Giving former slaves in North Carolina reparation.

14. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?
(a) Without concern.
(b) With a lot of enthusiasm.
(c) With anger.
(d) With no enthusiasm.

15. Who would employ the strategy Lincoln described in "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His" in 1864?
(a) General Hooker.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General McClellan.
(d) General Sherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Give Me a Tangible Nucleus" written?

2. What did Lincoln say the country did not have the capacity to do in "A Full Pardon"?

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

4. Why wasn't "The Administration Will Not Be Re-Elected" sent by Lincoln?

5. What did Carl Schurz blame Lincoln's administration for according to "I Do Not See That Their Superiority of Success has Been So Marked"?

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