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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lincoln thank in "Not Best to Swap Horses When Crossing Streams"?
(a) The Republican party.
(b) The anti-slavery league.
(c) The Union League.
(d) The Democratic party.

2. What did Lincoln say the country did not have the capacity to do in "A Full Pardon"?
(a) Treat Confederate soldiers as prisoners of war.
(b) Treat Confederate soldiers as criminals.
(c) Treat Confederate soldiers as people.
(d) Treat Confederate soldiers as loyal.

3. What did Lincoln ask Sherman to do in "Go Far Towards Losing the Whole Union Cause"?
(a) Pursue Lee's army.
(b) Let his soldiers go home and vote.
(c) Go back to Washington to meet him.
(d) Stop and rest his army.

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

5. 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 pursue Lee.
(c) He refused to take Richmond.
(d) He refused to stop and rest.

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

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

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

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

10. What was Lincoln's number one priority in the war according to "I Would Save the Union"?
(a) Freeing the slaves.
(b) Saving the Union.
(c) Humiliating Jefferson Davis.
(d) Maintaining his legacy.

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

12. Who was "But You Must Act" intended for?
(a) General McCall.
(b) General McArthur.
(c) General McClellan.
(d) General McCook.

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

14. Who was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" intended for?
(a) Congress.
(b) A newspaper journalist.
(c) A friend.
(d) A family member.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln tell Hooker not to do in "There is No Eligible Route for Us into Richmond"?

2. How is "A New Birth of Freedom" better known as?

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

4. How was the Emancipation Proclamation written?

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

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