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

2. When was "The World Has Never Had a Good Definition of Liberty" written?
(a) March 1864.
(b) April 1864.
(c) January1864.
(d) May 1864.

3. What type of political opponent did Lincoln pursue during the war according to "Indispensable to the Public Safety"?
(a) War opponents.
(b) Reform opponents.
(c) Social opponents.
(d) Financial opponents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?

2. Who does Lincoln thank in "Not Best to Swap Horses When Crossing Streams"?

3. What became the most contentious issue of the Reconstruction era according to "A Full Pardon"?

4. What policy did Lincoln ask congress to help with in "Gradual Emancipation is Better for All"?

5. What was one of Lincoln key objectives in the war according to "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

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

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

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

5. What words does the Gettysburg Address begin with?

6. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

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

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

9. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

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

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