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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) It was time to end the war.
(c) He would never surrender.
(d) The Union would be victorious.

2. Reconstruction in Louisiana was _____________.
(a) Simple.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) Quick.
(d) Complicated.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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 and Lieutenant General.
(b) Brigadier General.
(c) Lieutenant General.
(d) General in Chief of all Union armies.

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

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

9. General Winfield Scott was _________ to take the field.
(a) Too unsure of himself.
(b) Too young.
(c) Too novice.
(d) Too old.

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

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

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

13. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?
(a) He did not want to buy his right to be peacefully inaugurated.
(b) He refused to make any compromises throughout his Presidency.
(c) He was afraid to upset the Southern and border states.
(d) He did not want slavery to exist in the Union.

14. Vicksburg surrendered to Grant who Lincoln admired for what reason?
(a) He was always victorious.
(b) He was brave.
(c) He was very intelligent.
(d) He never refused orders or lost his objectives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. He left McClellan in charge of what army?

2. Grant was a small man who graduated from where?

3. When McClellan finally ordered his army into the enemy camp at Manassas, what did he find?

4. South Carolina unanimously voted to do what?

5. ______________ declared itself "neutral" in the conflict, with people enlisting in both armies.

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