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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. How was Hooker's character according to "I Will Risk the Dictatorship"?

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

3. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln pocket veto?

2. Why did Lincoln write to Carl Schurz?

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

4. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the significance of the beliefs regarding the legitimate object of government.

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