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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) Relieved him of his duties.
(b) Spoke to him.
(c) Made him join Alcoholics Anonymous.
(d) Sent people to check on him.

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

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

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

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

6. ______________ declared itself "neutral" in the conflict, with people enlisting in both armies.
(a) Missouri.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Maryland.

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

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

9. Lincoln got Congress to sign a bill that overturned what, outlawing slavery in all federal territories?
(a) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(b) The Corwin Amendment.
(c) The Dred Scott decision.
(d) The Missouri Compromise.

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

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

12. George Gordon Meade continued with the Army of the Potomac on a collision course with Lee where?
(a) At Manassus.
(b) In Richmond.
(c) At Bulls Run.
(d) In Gettysburg.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln called Grant back east and appointed him what, the first to hold the position since Winfield Scott?

2. Lincoln had to relieve General Burnside because of what?

3. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?

4. The public was clamoring for a battle to take place, so Lincoln called Generals Scott and McDowell to discuss what?

5. Lincoln's small war department was __________ prepared to deal with such a colossal undertaking.

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