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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Eleven: Moody, Tearful Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On March 23 he sailed for where on an invitation from Grant himself?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Virginia.

2. Describe Thomas Lincoln.
(a) Stern and unemotional.
(b) Immature and irresponsible.
(c) Withdrawn and melancholy.
(d) Convivial and hard-working.

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

4. Lincoln ran his Senatorial campaign against Douglas for what reason?
(a) For personal gain.
(b) For Mary.
(c) On principle.
(d) For his father.

5. Virginia officially seceded on April 17, and the Confederacy declared ____________ its capital.
(a) Williamsburg.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Lexington.

Short Answer Questions

1. The War Department began mobilizing black regiments, agreeing that black and white outfits would do what?

2. What would relieve Lincoln's depression and allow him to escape for a little while?

3. What did this bill state?

4. When McClellan finally ordered his army into the enemy camp at Manassas, what did he find?

5. On Good Friday, April 14, the President was assassinated by whom at Ford's Theatre?

(see the answer key)

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