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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lincoln decided to post Henry Halleck as what, trying to find a man who would fight for him?
(a) Brevet Lieutenant General.
(b) Brevet Brigadier General.
(c) General in Chief.
(d) Major General.

2. 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) Confiscation Act.
(b) Articles of Confederation.
(c) Corwin Amendment.
(d) Fugitive Slave Law.

3. By what was Mary haunted?
(a) Images of dead Lincoln.
(b) Images of dead Thomas.
(c) Images of dead Willie.
(d) Images of dead Eddie.

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

5. Robert E. Lee decided to fight for whom?
(a) The Union.
(b) The British.
(c) The Confederates.
(d) No one.

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

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

8. Robert, Lincoln's oldest son, wanted to do what, but Mary said no?
(a) Move out of the country.
(b) Enlist in the army.
(c) Get married.
(d) Join the Confederacy.

9. ____________ stayed in the Union.
(a) Kentucky and Illinois.
(b) Maryland and Missouri.
(c) Massachusetts, and Maryland.
(d) West Vriginia and Illinois.

10. Lincoln finally had to take matters into his own hands and do what?
(a) Find a new leader for the Army of the Potomac.
(b) Order the Army of the Potomac into action.
(c) Help McClellan with planning an attack for the Army of the Potomac.
(d) Order the Army of the Potomac to surrender.

11. Did Lincoln support this amendment?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not at first.
(d) Only at first.

12. Jude Early led a rebel force from Harper's Ferry to seize what city?
(a) Richmond.
(b) New York.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Washington.

13. How was Meade like his predecessors?
(a) He did not pursue Lee's army to an unconditional surrender, but allowed them to escape.
(b) He was not very intelligent.
(c) He was ill-prepared.
(d) He was fearful.

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

15. After his election, Lincoln had a troubling ________.
(a) Vision.
(b) Speech.
(c) Thought.
(d) Day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lincoln _________ capable generals to lead his armies against the Southern insurrection.

3. Lincoln called for troops from the Union, and there was a riot in ___________ when the Sixth Massachusetts tried to march through.

4. Reconstruction in Louisiana was _____________.

5. Vicksburg surrendered to Grant who Lincoln admired for what reason?

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