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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Wade-Davis bill about?
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) Exceptions in the Emencipation Proclamation.
(c) Forgiveness for war profiteers.
(d) War fonding.

2. What state did Lincoln praise for abolishing slavery?
(a) Maryland.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Florida.
(d) Louisiana.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Unionists calling the army to go easy on according to "Leaving Any Available Card Unplayed"?

2. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are elections necessary based on an address written on November 10, 1864?

2. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

3. What did Lincoln point out in a December 1863 address according to "Events Have Controlled Me"?

4. What does Lincoln claim in a response to a white man?

5. What did Lincoln declare in January 1863 according to "A New Birth in Freedom"?

6. What does Lincoln stress about the war to a group of soldiers?

7. What did Lincoln attempt to persuade Congress to do?

8. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

9. What trade did Lincoln reject?

10. What does Lincoln foreshadow in response to a proclamation by General David Hunter?

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