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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 live to see the end of the war.
(c) He would not be elected.
(d) He would become ill.

3. Because of ____________, most Democrats were now against Lincoln.
(a) The war.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The draft.
(d) The Union's success.

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

5. 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) Articles of Confederation.
(c) Corwin Amendment.
(d) Confiscation Act.

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

7. 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 Southern papers always misconstrued what he said, painting him as a radical abolitionist.
(b) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.
(c) The Southerners did not want him to respond.
(d) He did not know how to respond to the Southerners.

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

9. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?
(a) A little girl wrote him a letter telling him his face was too thin and he should grow a beard.
(b) It was stylish.
(c) Mary asked him to grow it.
(d) His face was cold.

10. Who was Lincoln's Attorney General?
(a) James Speed.
(b) William Dennison.
(c) Edward Bates.
(d) Montgomery Blair.

11. Lincoln called for troops from the Union, and there was a riot in ___________ when the Sixth Massachusetts tried to march through.
(a) Bridgeport.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Boston.
(d) Bloomington.

12. 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) A little boy who had written him a letter.
(c) Soldiers from Illinois.
(d) Family members.

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

14. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?
(a) He was afraid to upset the Southern and border states.
(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 did not want slavery to exist in the Union.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In __________ Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant won a victory for the Union, though rumors persisted that he was a drunk.

2. By what was Mary haunted?

3. Lincoln decided to post Henry Halleck as what, trying to find a man who would fight for him?

4. Upon reports that Grant was drinking again, Lincoln did what?

5. Who were refuges for Lincoln?

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