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

2. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?
(a) To prevent distention in Congress.
(b) To make an example.
(c) To avoid further embarrassment to his family.
(d) To humiliate Stephen Douglas.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?

2. Why was Hooker supposed to pursue Lee's army according to "There is No Eligible Route for Us into Richmond"?

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

4. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?

5. Who was "A Fair Specimen of What Has Occurred to Me Through Life" intended for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What writ did Lincoln suspend?

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

4. What trade did Lincoln reject?

5. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

6. Why did Lincoln write to Carl Schurz?

7. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

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

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

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

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