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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. When McClellan finally ordered his army into the enemy camp at Manassas, what did he find?
(a) A well-stocked and well-trained Confederate Army.
(b) A Union regiment.
(c) The camp abandoned and a great deal of weaponry.
(d) The camp abandoned and that the cannons he thought the rebels had were just logs.

2. Why did Lincoln believe Douglas allied with Southern leaders?
(a) To please the people.
(b) To protect the Union.
(c) To help the leaders.
(d) To gain his own ends.

3. McClellan still refused to attack the rebels head-on. Why?
(a) He did not trust Lincoln.
(b) He did not believe he should attack.
(c) He wanted to be a Confederate leader.
(d) He feared he was outgunned and outnumbered.

4. Originally was slavery going to be allowed in the West?
(a) Yes.
(b) Possibly.
(c) Someday.
(d) No.

5. Lincoln preached what?
(a) Impassioned demonstrations rather than reason and calculated solutions.
(b) Imperialism.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) Reason and calculated solutions rather than impassioned demonstrations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln finally had to take matters into his own hands and do what?

2. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?

3. Lincoln and who ran on the Republican ticket for the next election?

4. Grant was a small man who graduated from where?

5. Was Lincoln advocating war?

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