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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 one of Lincoln key objectives in the war according to "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His"?
(a) East Tennessee.
(b) South Tennessee.
(c) West Tennessee.
(d) North Tennessee.

2. Who sent the letter prompting Lincoln to write "Not an Entirely Impartial Judge"?
(a) General Grant.
(b) A pro-slavery white man.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) A Confederate minister.

3. What compelled Lincoln to take the steps leading to war and the Emancipation Proclamation according to "If Slavery is Not Wrong, Nothing is Wrong"?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) His personal view.
(c) The view most popular according to a recent survey.
(d) The view that he thought would have him reelected.

4. When was the Emancipation Proclamation published according to "Are, and Henceforth Shall Be Free"?
(a) January 1963.
(b) April 1963.
(c) March 1963.
(d) February 1963.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Wade-Davis bill about?

2. When was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" written?

3. When was the Wade-Davis bill passed according to "Unprepared to Be Inflexibly Committed to Any Single Plan"?

4. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln pocket veto?

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

4. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

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

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

7. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

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

9. What did Lincoln urge General McClellan to do in a letter?

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

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