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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Stonewall Jackson's force blew through Fremont's lines in Shenandoah Valley, though Lincoln had done what?
(a) Given the generals plenty of well-trained soldiers.
(b) Given the generals specific instructions to prevent his escape.
(c) Provided his army with experienced generals.
(d) Weakened Jackson's men.

3. Who did Lincoln think about after Willie's death?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) God.
(d) Mary.

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

5. What would relieve Lincoln's depression and allow him to escape for a little while?
(a) The opera and theater.
(b) Drawing and painting.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Going for long walks.

6. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?
(a) Convince southerners to join the Union Army.
(b) Use POWs as soldiers.
(c) Reinstate the draft.
(d) Free slaves everywhere.

7. Lincoln declared that the ________________ no longer applied, which caused flocks of slaves to run to the Union border, claiming themselves for the Union as "contraband of war."
(a) Corwin Amendment.
(b) Fugitive Slave Law.
(c) Articles of Confederation.
(d) Confiscation Act.

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

9. Lincoln demoted McDowell in favor of who to take command of the Army of the Potomac?
(a) George B. McClellan.
(b) Joseph E. Johnston.
(c) John Garland.
(d) Winfield Scott.

10. Who was Fredrick Douglass?
(a) A member of Lincoln's cabinet.
(b) An inventor.
(c) An army general.
(d) An influential black abolitionist leader.

11. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?
(a) He did not want slavery to exist in the Union.
(b) He did not want to buy his right to be peacefully inaugurated.
(c) He refused to make any compromises throughout his Presidency.
(d) He was afraid to upset the Southern and border states.

12. Who was Lincoln's first cabinet appointment?
(a) William H. Seward as Secretary of State.
(b) John P. Usher as Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War.
(d) William P. Fessenden as Secretary of the Treasury.

13. Lincoln wanted to be elected for a second term, though he had a strange feeling. What was this feeling?
(a) He would not be a good President.
(b) He would not be elected.
(c) He would become ill.
(d) He would not live to see the end of the war.

14. Along with South Carolina, what did Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas do?
(a) Established the Southern Confederacy.
(b) Stayed peaceful throughout the war.
(c) Remained loyal to the Union.
(d) Created their own country.

15. McClellan's _____________ was a huge problem.
(a) Lack of experience.
(b) Fear.
(c) Lack of intelligence.
(d) Inactivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln meet with his cabinet members?

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

3. Robert E. Lee decided to fight for whom?

4. McClellan then clashed with General Lee over Richmond, but forgot to do what?

5. Lincoln decided to combine the forces of McDowell, Fremont, and Banks into one Army of ___________, with General John Pope as the Commander.

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