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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. Sixteen-year-old Abraham grew estranged from his farmer father. Why?
(a) His father did not understand his son's desire for education.
(b) His father wanted him to be educated.
(c) His father was cruel and unfeeling.
(d) His father did not understand his son's desire to be President.

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

3. He left McClellan in charge of what army?
(a) The Army of Viriginia.
(b) The Army of Kentucky.
(c) The Army of the Potomac.
(d) The Western Army.

4. The Senate wanted to make what a war objective?
(a) Having a strong federal government.
(b) Reconciling the Union.
(c) Making the Union stronger.
(d) Annihilation of slavery.

5. Why did Lincoln not drink alcohol?
(a) He could not afford it.
(b) It threatened his self-control.
(c) He was very religious.
(d) He did not like the taste of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Republican papers began mentioning Lincoln's name for what?

2. George Gordon Meade continued with the Army of the Potomac on a collision course with Lee where?

3. In January __________, a Lincoln campaign for Presidential candidacy was officially underway.

4. Lincoln decided to post Henry Halleck as what, trying to find a man who would fight for him?

5. When did the Lincolns move to central Illinois?

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