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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military stalemate did Lincoln address in "An Idea I Have Been Trying to Repudiate for Quite a Year" ?

2. When was the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued according to "Shall Be Thenceforth, and Forever Free"?

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

4. When was "The New Reckoning" written?

5. What was General Hooker appointed as at the time of "I Will Risk the Dictatorship"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

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

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

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

10. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Abraham Lincoln's personal background and why it may have influenced his belief in the free labor theory.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the meaning of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the reason Lincoln gave the address.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two generals from the Civil War and compare their methodology and leadership skills.

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