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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Nine: The New Reckoning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?
(a) He did not know how to respond to the Southerners.
(b) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.
(c) The Southern papers always misconstrued what he said, painting him as a radical abolitionist.
(d) The Southerners did not want him to respond.

2. Vicksburg surrendered to Grant who Lincoln admired for what reason?
(a) He was always victorious.
(b) He was very intelligent.
(c) He never refused orders or lost his objectives.
(d) He was brave.

3. Lincoln became known as ___________ lawyer.
(a) Backwoods.
(b) The uneducated.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) A railroad.

4. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?
(a) The Illinois Bill.
(b) The Missouri Compromise.
(c) The Fugitive Law.
(d) The Mississippi Compromise.

5. Who was Lincoln's first cabinet appointment?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War.
(b) William P. Fessenden as Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) William H. Seward as Secretary of State.
(d) John P. Usher as Secretary of the Interior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Virginia officially seceded on April 17, and the Confederacy declared ____________ its capital.

2. South Carolina unanimously voted to do what?

3. When the 54th of Massachusetts--a Negro outfit--launched a viscous attack against rebels at Fort Wagner, what myth was effectively ended?

4. Lincoln left by train to go to Washington, making stops along the way for speeches and appearances, including a stop in New York to meet who?

5. Did Lincoln support this amendment?

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