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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?
(a) Trading corn.
(b) Trading cotton.
(c) Trading prisoners.
(d) Trading iron.

2. What did Lincoln want African Americans to do after the war according to "The Ban is Still Upon You"?
(a) Colonize the Caribbean.
(b) Return to Africa.
(c) Go west.
(d) Go to Texas.

3. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?
(a) To humiliate Stephen Douglas.
(b) To make an example.
(c) To prevent distention in Congress.
(d) To avoid further embarrassment to his family.

4. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?
(a) The Union was defeated again at Bull Run.
(b) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Wilderness.
(c) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Antietam.
(d) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Shiloh.

5. Who was in command of the Union armies in April of 1864?
(a) General Sherman.
(b) General Hooker.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General McClellan.

6. 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 stop and rest.
(c) He refused to take Richmond.
(d) He refused to use intelligence gathered by a woman.

7. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A young girl whose father was 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 widow whose sons were killed in the war.

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

9. 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 most popular according to a recent survey.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) His personal view.
(d) The view that he thought would have him reelected.

10. What became the most contentious issue of the Reconstruction era according to "A Full Pardon"?
(a) The legal status of the freed slaves.
(b) Who would manage the money for reconstruction.
(c) The status of women.
(d) The reparation payments.

11. Who sent the letter prompting Lincoln to write "Not an Entirely Impartial Judge"?
(a) A pro-slavery white man.
(b) A Confederate minister.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) General Grant.

12. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) McClellan's defeat.
(b) The desire to defeat General Lee.
(c) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.
(d) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.

13. What did Lincoln want border states to accept according to "The Incidents of the War Cannot Be Avoided"?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Union rule.
(c) Suffrage.
(d) Radical beliefs.

14. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?
(a) The use of black soldiers.
(b) The use of Irish soldiers.
(c) The use of defecting Confederate soldiers.
(d) The use of Native American soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lincoln send "Hold On With a Bull-dog Grip" to?

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

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

4. What state did Lincoln praise for abolishing slavery?

5. What was the war about according to "Equal Privileges in the Race of Life"?

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