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

2. What were the Unionists calling the army to go easy on according to "Leaving Any Available Card Unplayed"?
(a) Confederate forces in Georgia.
(b) Confederate forces in Arkansas.
(c) Confederate forces in Louisiana.
(d) Confederate forces in South Carolina.

3. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?
(a) Two weeks after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Two days before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) Two days after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Two weeks before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

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

5. Who was "But You Must Act" intended for?
(a) General McArthur.
(b) General McCall.
(c) General McCook.
(d) General McClellan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Carl Schurz blame Lincoln's administration for according to "I Do Not See That Their Superiority of Success has Been So Marked"?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

5. How does Lincoln respond to Illinois Congressman Isaac Arnold?

6. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

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

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

9. What does Lincoln foreshadow in response to a proclamation by General David Hunter?

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

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