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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. The rest of the troops gradually arrived, with _______________ leading an outfit from New York, though he would be killed in a battle very early on.
(a) Elmer Ellsworth.
(b) Richard Stoddert Ewell.
(c) Edward Porter Alexander.
(d) Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.

2. Lincoln was very busy, often with over _________ visitors a day, and his right hand was swollen and sore from all the shaking.
(a) 150.
(b) 1000.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

3. The Presidential campaign of 1856 elected who?
(a) Buchanan.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Douglass.

4. Lincoln _________ capable generals to lead his armies against the Southern insurrection.
(a) Had only two.
(b) Had many.
(c) Had a few.
(d) Lacked.

5. Lincoln still needed more troops, so he enforced what?
(a) Acceptance of women in the military.
(b) Conscription of all non-US citizens.
(c) The use of POWs as soldiers.
(d) Conscription.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?

2. Kansas rejected the LeCompton Constitution, ensuring what?

3. Who was Lincoln's idol?

4. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?

5. Lincoln called for troops from the Union, and there was a riot in ___________ when the Sixth Massachusetts tried to march through.

(see the answer key)

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