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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What military objective did Lincoln remind the recipient of "I Am Not Watching You with an Evil-Eye" was vital to the war effort?
(a) East Mississippi.
(b) East Tennessee.
(c) East Maine.
(d) East Florida.

3. When was "Will Be Received and Considered" written?
(a) August 1864.
(b) May 1864.
(c) June 1864.
(d) July 1864.

4. Who does Lincoln congratulate in "You Were Right, and I Was Wrong"?
(a) General Sherman.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General Marshall.
(d) General McClellan.

5. What did Lincoln refuse to do in "Will Be Received and Considered"?
(a) Abolish conscription.
(b) Increase war spending.
(c) Create another army.
(d) Negotiate with the South.

6. 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 Shiloh.
(c) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Wilderness.
(d) The Union was defeated again at Bull Run.

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

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

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

10. What was excluded from the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Give Up All Footing Upon Constitution or Law"?
(a) Several state counties.
(b) Several Republican financial backers.
(c) Several personal friends of Lincoln.
(d) Several states.

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

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

13. Who was "The Heaviest Blow Yet Dealt to the Rebellion" intended for?
(a) An Illinois soldier.
(b) An Illinois acquaintance.
(c) An Illinois widow.
(d) His stepbrother..

14. Who did Lincoln send "Hold On With a Bull-dog Grip" to?
(a) General Sherman.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General Hooker.
(d) General McClellan.

15. When was the Emancipation Proclamation published according to "Are, and Henceforth Shall Be Free"?
(a) April 1963.
(b) February 1963.
(c) January 1963.
(d) March 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?

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

3. Who would employ the strategy Lincoln described in "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His" in 1864?

4. What was Lincoln's number one priority in the war according to "I Would Save the Union"?

5. What did "Questions I Reserve to Myself" foreshadow?

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