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

2. Where had a civil war begun?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Illinois.

3. What were Douglas' ideas causing in the Democratic party?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Cohesiveness.
(c) Major rifts.
(d) Confidence.

4. While Grant settled in to siege Petersburg, Lincoln accepted Chase's resignation as Secretary of Treasury and appointed the position to who?
(a) Montgomery Blair.
(b) William Dennison.
(c) Edward Bates.
(d) William Fessenden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Virginia officially seceded on April 17, and the Confederacy declared ____________ its capital.

2. Lincoln wanted to run for a senate seat, but he could not. Why not?

3. In November Lincoln and Douglas had their first debate over what, starting a rivalry that would last years?

4. Lincoln demoted McClellan and had who take over the Commander in Chief job?

5. What plot was uncovered in Baltimore?

(see the answer key)

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