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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lincoln put ______________ Hooker in command of the Potomac Army.
(a) "Fighting Fred."
(b) "Fighting Frank."
(c) "Fighting John."
(d) "Fighting Joe."

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

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

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

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

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

8. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?
(a) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.
(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) The Southerners did not want him to respond.

9. The War Department began mobilizing black regiments, agreeing that black and white outfits would do what?
(a) Fight side by side.
(b) Remain segregated.
(c) Train together.
(d) Remain together.

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

11. In the Senate, John J. Crittenden proposed the Crittenden Plan which suggested what?
(a) Reviving the Missouri Compromise line, abolishing slavery above it, and protecting slavery below it.
(b) Moving the Missouri Compromise line, encouraging slavery in some northern states.
(c) Abolishing the Missouri Compromise line, encouraging slavery.
(d) Moving the location of the Missouri Compromise line, abolishing slavery in some southern states.

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

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

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

15. In Lincoln's inauguration speech, he promised first and foremost to do what?
(a) Bring equality to all men and women.
(b) Uphold the Union.
(c) Be honest.
(d) Free the slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Senate wanted to make what a war objective?

2. General Winfield Scott was _________ to take the field.

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

4. Reconstruction in Louisiana was _____________.

5. Who was Fredrick Douglass?

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