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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" written?
(a) November 1962.
(b) December 1862.
(c) February 1963.
(d) January 1963.

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

3. How was the Emancipation Proclamation written?
(a) With rhetoric to support it.
(b) In a brief manner.
(c) In a straightforward manner.
(d) Straightforward and brief.

4. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?
(a) More money.
(b) More support from government leaders.
(c) More troops.
(d) More supplies.

5. What was "I Can Not Consent to Suspend the Draft" a response to?
(a) Riots in Philadelphia.
(b) Riots in Washington.
(c) Riots in Portland.
(d) Riots in New York.

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

7. What military stalemate did Lincoln address in "An Idea I Have Been Trying to Repudiate for Quite a Year" ?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Florida.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Mississippi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What was General Hooker appointed as at the time of "I Will Risk the Dictatorship"?
(a) Commander of the Massachusetts army.
(b) Commander of the Virginia army.
(c) Commander of the Union armies.
(d) Commander of the Potomac army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was "Constantly Denounced and Opposed" intended for?

2. Why was the general Lincoln sent "But You Must Act" to defeated?

3. What policy did Lincoln ask congress to help with in "Gradual Emancipation is Better for All"?

4. What did Lincoln ask Sherman to do in "Go Far Towards Losing the Whole Union Cause"?

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

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