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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 offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?

2. What was one of Lincoln key objectives in the war according to "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His"?

3. Why did Lincoln thank the recipient of "Not Best to Swap Horses When Crossing Streams" for?

4. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?

5. What was "I Can Not Consent to Suspend the Draft" a response to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Lincoln write to Carl Schurz?

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

5. What did Lincoln pocket veto?

6. What trade did Lincoln reject?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact that criticism had on President Lincoln and what steps he took to counter criticism.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Supreme Court ruling regarding the Dred Scott case and how it countered the Republican platform.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Lincoln's election affected the South's decision to secede.

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