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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 did Lincoln feel about the new commander of the Union Armies?
(a) He gives him the benefit of the doubt.
(b) He was nominated to please Congress.
(c) He had complete confidence in him.
(d) He could not trust his judgement.

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

3. When was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" written?
(a) December 1862.
(b) November 1962.
(c) January 1963.
(d) February 1963.

4. What did Carl Schurz blame Lincoln's administration for according to "I Do Not See That Their Superiority of Success has Been So Marked"?
(a) The lack of education founding.
(b) The war and Republican failure at the 1862 election.
(c) The economy going down.
(d) The taxes increase.

5. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?
(a) The passage of the the 13th amendment.
(b) The passage of the War Time Spending bill.
(c) Continuation of the war.
(d) The work of reconstruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Emancipation Proclamation published according to "Are, and Henceforth Shall Be Free"?

2. What was the Wade-Davis bill about?

3. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?

4. Who was "The Heaviest Blow Yet Dealt to the Rebellion" intended for?

5. What idea did Lincoln stress in "The Jewel of Liberty" ?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What writ did Lincoln suspend?

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

10. What became a contentious issue of the Reconstruction era?

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