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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 became the most contentious issue of the Reconstruction era according to "A Full Pardon"?

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

3. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?

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

5. Why was the general Lincoln sent "But You Must Act" to defeated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What became a contentious issue of the Reconstruction era?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and why Lincoln found an opponent in Stephen Douglas.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss John Wilkes Booth's concerns regarding President Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric and political strategies.

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