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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. Who would employ the strategy Lincoln described in "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His" in 1864?

2. When was "The Election Was a Necessity" written?

3. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?

4. What did Lincoln say the country did not have the capacity to do in "A Full Pardon"?

5. What did Lincoln point to as the reason for the war continuing in "The Curses of Heaven"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What writ did Lincoln suspend?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lincoln's decision to support Henry Clay over James K. Polk.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the significance of the Douglas-Lincoln debate and how Lincoln used these debates to hone his rhetoric against Douglas and the pro-slavery stance.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of General Robert E. Lee in the Civil War and the significance of his surrender at the end of the war.

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