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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who did Lincoln criticize in "If We Never Try, We Shall Never Succeed"?
(a) Grant.
(b) Hooker.
(c) McClellan.
(d) Sherman.
2. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?
(a) The use of Native American soldiers.
(b) The use of Irish soldiers.
(c) The use of defecting Confederate soldiers.
(d) The use of black soldiers.
3. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(b) A politician who lost a son in the war.
(c) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(d) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.
4. When was the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued according to "Shall Be Thenceforth, and Forever Free"?
(a) September 1862.
(b) November 1862.
(c) October 1862.
(d) December1862.
5. 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) His personal view.
(b) The view that he thought would have him reelected.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) The view most popular according to a recent survey.
6. Who would employ the strategy Lincoln described in "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His" in 1864?
(a) General Hooker.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General Sherman.
7. What did "Questions I Reserve to Myself" foreshadow?
(a) Proclamation for National Fast Day.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) Thanksgiving Proclamation.
(d) Proclamation to Overrule the General's Emancipation.
8. What did Lincoln call radicals in "The Jewel of Liberty"?
(a) Incoporating African Americans in the regular army.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Giving former slaves in North Carolina reparation.
(d) Giving African Americans equal rights.
9. Who was "Constantly Denounced and Opposed" intended for?
(a) Robert Cramn.
(b) Isaac Arnold.
(c) Mark Stanberg.
(d) Otto beruk.
10. When was "The New Reckoning" written?
(a) December 1864.
(b) December 1862.
(c) December 1865.
(d) December 1863.
11. What became the most contentious issue of the Reconstruction era according to "A Full Pardon"?
(a) The status of women.
(b) The reparation payments.
(c) Who would manage the money for reconstruction.
(d) The legal status of the freed slaves.
12. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?
(a) He refused to use intelligence gathered by a woman.
(b) He refused to stop and rest.
(c) He refused to pursue Lee.
(d) He refused to take Richmond.
13. Who did Lincoln write "A Single Half-Defeat" for?
(a) A friend.
(b) A politician.
(c) An Illinois reporter.
(d) French author.
14. Who did Lincoln send "Hold On With a Bull-dog Grip" to?
(a) General Hooker.
(b) General Sherman.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General McClellan.
15. When was "The Election Was a Necessity" written?
(a) November 20, 1864.
(b) November 15, 1864.
(c) November 10, 1864.
(d) November 5, 1864.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was in command of the Union armies in April of 1864?
2. Who was "I Am Distressed Immeasurably" intended for?
3. Who was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" intended for?
4. What state did Lincoln praise for abolishing slavery?
5. What military objective did Lincoln remind the recipient of "I Am Not Watching You with an Evil-Eye" was vital to the war effort?
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