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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. Lincoln was very busy, often with over _________ visitors a day, and his right hand was swollen and sore from all the shaking.
(a) 1000.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 150.

2. What accusations surrounded Mary?
(a) That she was not American.
(b) That she was spoiled and unkind.
(c) That she was in love with another man.
(d) That she was secretly a Southern sympathizer.

3. After a month of preparation, the Grand Army met the rebels where, though the Grand Army was ill-trained and the Union suffered a humiliating defeat?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Chancellorsville.
(d) Shiloh.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

2. What plot was uncovered in Baltimore?

3. Lincoln _________ capable generals to lead his armies against the Southern insurrection.

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

5. After becoming President-Elect, Lincoln began compiling a list of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lincoln handle McClellan's inactivity?

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

4. Describe the events at the National Soldier's Cemetery at Gettysburg.

5. Describe Lincoln's initial cabinet members.

6. What led to antiwar protests?

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

8. What happened to Willie? How did this affect the Lincolns?

9. Who did Lincoln invite to stay with him and Mary at the White House? What was this person's reaction to staying with the Lincoln's?

10. Describe Lincoln's generals.

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