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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. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?
(a) Mary asked him to grow it.
(b) His face was cold.
(c) A little girl wrote him a letter telling him his face was too thin and he should grow a beard.
(d) It was stylish.

2. Upon reports that Grant was drinking again, Lincoln did what?
(a) Made him join Alcoholics Anonymous.
(b) Sent people to check on him.
(c) Spoke to him.
(d) Relieved him of his duties.

3. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?
(a) He did not want to buy his right to be peacefully inaugurated.
(b) He refused to make any compromises throughout his Presidency.
(c) He did not want slavery to exist in the Union.
(d) He was afraid to upset the Southern and border states.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Vicksburg surrendered to Grant who Lincoln admired for what reason?

2. Lincoln took a break from politics to focus on what?

3. Lincoln was the only lawyer who did what?

4. How was Meade like his predecessors?

5. Describe Robert Todd.

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