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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. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?
(a) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Shiloh.
(b) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Wilderness.
(c) The Union was defeated again at Bull Run.
(d) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Antietam.

2. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(b) A politician who lost a son in the war.
(c) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(d) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is "A New Birth of Freedom" better known as?

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

4. How long did "Shall Be Thenceforth, and Forever Free" give to the Confederacy states to rejoin the Union?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

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

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

5. Why did Lincoln write to Carl Schurz?

6. What trade did Lincoln reject?

7. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

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

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

10. What should Hooker's chief aim be according to another letter to Hooker?

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