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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln meet with his cabinet members?
(a) He would meet with them in small groups.
(b) He refused to meet with any of them.
(c) He would consult them individually.
(d) He would meet with all of them at once.

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

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

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

5. When the 54th of Massachusetts--a Negro outfit--launched a viscous attack against rebels at Fort Wagner, what myth was effectively ended?
(a) Of the unintelligent Negro.
(b) Of the weak Negro.
(c) Of the fearful Negro.
(d) Of the complacent Negro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lincoln's Attorney General?

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

3. He left McClellan in charge of what army?

4. 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."

5. Rebels laid siege to what fort?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ended Lincoln's 10% plan? How was he affected by this and other actions by members of the Republican Party?

2. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

3. What did Lincoln do with the Fugitive Slave Law? What were the effects of this?

4. What was the Crittenden Plan?

5. What happened when Lincoln said he did not support the amendment?

6. What did the Union worry about Great Britain doing? What did Great Britain end up doing? Why might they have done this?

7. How did Lincoln handle McClellan's inactivity?

8. How did Lincoln go about changing who was in charge of the Potomac Army?

9. Describe Lincoln's generals.

10. What happened when McClellan clashed with General Lee over Richmond?

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