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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why wasn't "The Administration Will Not Be Re-Elected" sent by Lincoln?
(a) He lost it.
(b) An intern stole it.
(c) He won the general election.
(d) It was meant as a reminder.

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

3. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?
(a) With anger.
(b) With no enthusiasm.
(c) Without concern.
(d) With a lot of enthusiasm.

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

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

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

7. What was one of Lincoln key objectives in the war according to "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His"?
(a) North Tennessee.
(b) West Tennessee.
(c) South Tennessee.
(d) East Tennessee.

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

9. Why did Lincoln thank the recipient of "Not Best to Swap Horses When Crossing Streams" for?
(a) Backing him about the war.
(b) Backing his war spending bill effort.
(c) Backing his favorite candidate to his old congressional seat.
(d) Backing him for the nomination of the Republican Party.

10. What claims did Lincoln dismiss in "Broken Eggs Cannot Be Mended"?
(a) The whites farmers leaving for Mexico.
(b) The blacks electing their own president.
(c) A black army marching to Washington.
(d) The newly freed slaves rising to kill all the whites in the southern states.

11. Why was Hooker supposed to pursue Lee's army according to "There is No Eligible Route for Us into Richmond"?
(a) To prevent Confederate troops from resting.
(b) To prevent Confereate troops from being transferred West.
(c) To prevent Confederate troops from voting.
(d) To prevent Confederate troops from working in cotton fields.

12. 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 Tennessee.
(b) East Maine.
(c) East Mississippi.
(d) East Florida.

13. How is "A New Birth of Freedom" better known as?
(a) The Grand Finale.
(b) The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Wellington Speech.
(d) Lincoln's First Commencement Adress.

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

15. Who did Lincoln criticize in "If We Never Try, We Shall Never Succeed"?
(a) Sherman.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Hooker.
(d) Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was excluded from the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Give Up All Footing Upon Constitution or Law"?

2. When was the Wade-Davis bill passed according to "Unprepared to Be Inflexibly Committed to Any Single Plan"?

3. What did Carl Schurz blame Lincoln's administration for according to "I Do Not See That Their Superiority of Success has Been So Marked"?

4. What military stalemate did Lincoln address in "An Idea I Have Been Trying to Repudiate for Quite a Year" ?

5. What did Lincoln call radicals in "The Jewel of Liberty"?

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