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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. Because of ____________, most Democrats were now against Lincoln.
(a) The draft.
(b) The war.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) The Union's success.

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

3. After his election, Lincoln had a troubling ________.
(a) Speech.
(b) Thought.
(c) Vision.
(d) Day.

4. 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 did not want slavery to exist in the Union.
(c) He was afraid to upset the Southern and border states.
(d) He refused to make any compromises throughout his Presidency.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Along with South Carolina, what did Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas do?

2. General Lee shocked the Union by doing what?

3. Lincoln put ______________ Hooker in command of the Potomac Army.

4. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?

5. Who was Lincoln's first cabinet appointment?

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