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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Ten: Mighty Scourge of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Their first debate was in what town?
(a) Ottawa.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Springfield.
(d) Peoria.

2. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was formed for what reason?
(a) To keep an eye on McClellan.
(b) To protect the North from the South.
(c) To keep an eye on Lincoln.
(d) To keep an eye on the war effort.

3. On January 1st, 1863, as Commander in Chief of the army and navy, Lincoln would do what?
(a) Force all white men age eighteen and older to join the military.
(b) Liberate all slaves in the rebel states.
(c) Send his army and navy fleets to battle.
(d) Force all POWs to be Union soldiers.

4. Where was Lincoln born?
(a) In a log cabin in Illinois.
(b) In a log cabin in Indiana.
(c) In a log cabin in Missouri.
(d) In a log cabin in Kentucky.

5. What did Lincoln give Mary with the inscription "Love is Eternal?"
(a) A ring.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A broach.
(d) A bracelet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln appointed Salmon Chase as what?

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

3. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?

4. ____________ stayed in the Union.

5. Why did Thomas Lincoln go back to Kentucky to bring home a new wife, Sarah Bush Johnston, or "Sally?"

(see the answer key)

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