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

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

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

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

5. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?
(a) They were sent home.
(b) They were forced to sign confession letters.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were forced to serve in the Confederate army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln want border states to accept according to "The Incidents of the War Cannot Be Avoided"?

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

3. When was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" written?

4. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?

5. Why wasn't "The Administration Will Not Be Re-Elected" sent by Lincoln?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln pocket veto?

2. What did Lincoln demonstrate in his letter to General Don Carlos Buell according to "We Cannot Escape History"?

3. What did Lincoln do to spare the Douglas family?

4. What was Lincoln under increasing pressure to do by July 1864?

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

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

7. What does Lincoln make the Union synonymous with in December 1862?

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

9. What did Lincoln urge General McClellan to do in a letter?

10. What does Lincoln address when he writes to General Hooker?

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