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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lee invaded Maryland, and Lincoln had no choice but to set McClellan and the Army of the Potomac to dispel the attack. What did he decide it meant if McClellan won?
(a) The Union would be victorious.
(b) It was God telling Lincoln to move emancipation forward.
(c) He would never surrender.
(d) It was time to end the war.

2. How did Lincoln meet with his cabinet members?
(a) He would meet with them in small groups.
(b) He would meet with all of them at once.
(c) He refused to meet with any of them.
(d) He would consult them individually.

3. Lincoln left by train to go to Washington, making stops along the way for speeches and appearances, including a stop in New York to meet who?
(a) The young girl who suggested he grow a beard.
(b) Family members.
(c) Soldiers from Illinois.
(d) A little boy who had written him a letter.

4. McClellan then clashed with General Lee over Richmond, but forgot to do what?
(a) Follow the strategy given to him by Lincoln.
(b) Take anyone hostage.
(c) Secure the city.
(d) Bring enough supplies.

5. South Carolina unanimously voted to do what?
(a) Stay with the Union.
(b) Create their own nation.
(c) Remain peaceful.
(d) Secede from the Union.

6. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was formed for what reason?
(a) To keep an eye on Lincoln.
(b) To protect the North from the South.
(c) To keep an eye on the war effort.
(d) To keep an eye on McClellan.

7. Vicksburg surrendered to Grant who Lincoln admired for what reason?
(a) He was brave.
(b) He never refused orders or lost his objectives.
(c) He was always victorious.
(d) He was very intelligent.

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

9. When McClellan finally ordered his army into the enemy camp at Manassas, what did he find?
(a) The camp abandoned and that the cannons he thought the rebels had were just logs.
(b) A Union regiment.
(c) The camp abandoned and a great deal of weaponry.
(d) A well-stocked and well-trained Confederate Army.

10. Though Salmon Chase was favored to run against Lincoln for the Republican nomination, what scandal erased any hope Chase had for the nomination?
(a) The Pomeroy Circular.
(b) Civil War Profiteering.
(c) Yazoo Land.
(d) Gould and Fisk.

11. The public was clamoring for a battle to take place, so Lincoln called Generals Scott and McDowell to discuss what?
(a) Spring offensives.
(b) Fall offensives.
(c) Summer offensives.
(d) Winter offensives.

12. Lincoln declared a blockade of the Southern coast, and was trying desperately to keep the border states in the Union, including what states?
(a) New Jersey, New York, New Mexico.
(b) Missouri, Massachusetts, New York.
(c) Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.
(d) Kentucky, Illinois, and West Virginia.

13. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?
(a) The Southerners did not want him to respond.
(b) He did not know how to respond to the Southerners.
(c) The Southern papers always misconstrued what he said, painting him as a radical abolitionist.
(d) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.

14. Lincoln invited who to stay with them at the White House?
(a) Benjamin Hardin Helm and Emilie Helm.
(b) Robert Lincoln.
(c) Sally Lincoln and Abraham's siblings.
(d) Emilie Helm and her three children.

15. 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) Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
(b) Edward Porter Alexander.
(c) Elmer Ellsworth.
(d) Richard Stoddert Ewell.

Short Answer Questions

1. McClellan's _____________ was a huge problem.

2. How was Meade like his predecessors?

3. Lincoln demoted McDowell in favor of who to take command of the Army of the Potomac?

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

5. After becoming President-Elect, Lincoln began compiling a list of what?

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