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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 "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.
(b) McClellan's defeat.
(c) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.
(d) The desire to defeat General Lee.

2. 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 him about the war.
(c) Backing his favorite candidate to his old congressional seat.
(d) Backing him for the nomination of the Republican Party.

3. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?
(a) The use of Native American soldiers.
(b) The use of defecting Confederate soldiers.
(c) The use of black soldiers.
(d) The use of Irish soldiers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Lincoln refuse to do in "Will Be Received and Considered"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lincoln write to Carl Schurz?

2. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

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

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

5. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

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

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

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

9. What words does the Gettysburg Address begin with?

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

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