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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. Grant was a small man who graduated from where?
(a) West Point.
(b) Culver Military Academy.
(c) Maine Maritime Academy.
(d) The Naval Academy.

2. Though Salmon Chase was favored to run against Lincoln for the Republican nomination, what scandal erased any hope Chase had for the nomination?
(a) Gould and Fisk.
(b) Yazoo Land.
(c) Civil War Profiteering.
(d) The Pomeroy Circular.

3. Lee invaded Maryland, and Lincoln had no choice but to set McClellan and the Army of the Potomac to dispel the attack. What did he decide it meant if McClellan won?
(a) It was time to end the war.
(b) He would never surrender.
(c) It was God telling Lincoln to move emancipation forward.
(d) The Union would be victorious.

4. General Lee shocked the Union by doing what?
(a) Resigning from his position.
(b) Taking rebel troops north.
(c) Joining the Union.
(d) Retreating.

5. After a month of preparation, the Grand Army met the rebels where, though the Grand Army was ill-trained and the Union suffered a humiliating defeat?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Chancellorsville.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were refuges for Lincoln?

3. On the way down the river to New Orleans, what happened to Lincoln and his friend's raft?

4. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?

5. The Confederates sent an army into the state, which enraged _________________ and pushed them into the Union.

(see the answer key)

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