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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 did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?

2. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?

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

4. What was the war about according to "Equal Privileges in the Race of Life"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

4. What trade did Lincoln reject?

5. What did Lincoln pocket veto?

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

7. What words does the Gettysburg Address begin with?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Reconstruction era in the south and the problems Lincoln addressed regarding the Reconstruction.

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

Discuss the decision Lincoln made regarding a potential draft and Lincoln's policies on conscription.

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