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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What state did Lincoln praise for abolishing slavery?
(a) Florida.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Maryland.

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

5. Who was "Constantly Denounced and Opposed" intended for?
(a) Isaac Arnold.
(b) Robert Cramn.
(c) Mark Stanberg.
(d) Otto beruk.

6. Why did Lincoln thank the recipient of "Not Best to Swap Horses When Crossing Streams" for?
(a) Backing his favorite candidate to his old congressional seat.
(b) Backing his war spending bill effort.
(c) Backing him for the nomination of the Republican Party.
(d) Backing him about the war.

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

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

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

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

11. What was the war about according to "Equal Privileges in the Race of Life"?
(a) Teaching the south a lesson.
(b) Abolishing slavery.
(c) The prosperity of future generations.
(d) Lincoln's legacy.

12. How long did "Shall Be Thenceforth, and Forever Free" give to the Confederacy states to rejoin the Union?
(a) 50 days.
(b) 100 days.
(c) 80 days.
(d) 90 days.

13. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?
(a) He refused to pursue Lee.
(b) He refused to use intelligence gathered by a woman.
(c) He refused to stop and rest.
(d) He refused to take Richmond.

14. When was "The Election Was a Necessity" written?
(a) November 20, 1864.
(b) November 5, 1864.
(c) November 10, 1864.
(d) November 15, 1864.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was "A Fair Specimen of What Has Occurred to Me Through Life" intended for?

2. Who does Lincoln thank in "Not Best to Swap Horses When Crossing Streams"?

3. What was "I Can Not Consent to Suspend the Draft" a response to?

4. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?

5. When was the Wade-Davis bill passed according to "Unprepared to Be Inflexibly Committed to Any Single Plan"?

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