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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon reports that Grant was drinking again, Lincoln did what?
(a) Sent people to check on him.
(b) Spoke to him.
(c) Relieved him of his duties.
(d) Made him join Alcoholics Anonymous.

2. Lincoln called Grant back east and appointed him what, the first to hold the position since Winfield Scott?
(a) General in Chief of all Union armies.
(b) Brigadier General.
(c) General in Chief of all Union armies and Lieutenant General.
(d) Lieutenant General.

3. 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) It was God telling Lincoln to move emancipation forward.
(b) The Union would be victorious.
(c) It was time to end the war.
(d) He would never surrender.

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

5. What did Fremont do in Missouri without Lincoln's permission?
(a) Created a militia.
(b) Allowed slavery to exist.
(c) Declared martial law.
(d) Began a civil war within the state.

6. 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) Provided his army with experienced generals.
(c) Given the generals specific instructions to prevent his escape.
(d) Weakened Jackson's men.

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

8. Lincoln had to relieve General Burnside because of what?
(a) A disastrous campaign at Fredericksburg.
(b) The public did not like Burnside.
(c) Burnside became very ill.
(d) Burnside was a secret southern sympathizer.

9. On January 1st, 1863, as Commander in Chief of the army and navy, Lincoln would do what?
(a) Force all POWs to be Union soldiers.
(b) Send his army and navy fleets to battle.
(c) Liberate all slaves in the rebel states.
(d) Force all white men age eighteen and older to join the military.

10. 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.

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

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

13. After a month of preparation, the Grand Army met the rebels where, though the Grand Army was ill-trained and the Union suffered a humiliating defeat?
(a) Shiloh.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Chancellorsville.

14. What plot was uncovered in Baltimore?
(a) To rob the President-elect.
(b) To assassinate the President-elect.
(c) To bribe the President-elect.
(d) To kidnap the President-elect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While Grant settled in to siege Petersburg, Lincoln accepted Chase's resignation as Secretary of Treasury and appointed the position to who?

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

3. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

4. Lincoln declared a blockade of the Southern coast, and was trying desperately to keep the border states in the Union, including what states?

5. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?

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