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

2. 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) Articles of Confederation.
(b) Fugitive Slave Law.
(c) Confiscation Act.
(d) Corwin Amendment.

3. After his election, Lincoln had a troubling ________.
(a) Vision.
(b) Day.
(c) Speech.
(d) Thought.

4. When McClellan finally ordered his army into the enemy camp at Manassas, what did he find?
(a) The camp abandoned and a great deal of weaponry.
(b) The camp abandoned and that the cannons he thought the rebels had were just logs.
(c) A well-stocked and well-trained Confederate Army.
(d) A Union regiment.

5. Lincoln demoted McDowell in favor of who to take command of the Army of the Potomac?
(a) Winfield Scott.
(b) Joseph E. Johnston.
(c) George B. McClellan.
(d) John Garland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Virginia officially seceded on April 17, and the Confederacy declared ____________ its capital.

2. Why did Lincoln refuse to make any compromises about slavery?

3. On January 1st, 1863, as Commander in Chief of the army and navy, Lincoln would do what?

4. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?

5. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Lincoln in conflict over emancipation? What did he eventually decide about emancipation?

2. What happened when McClellan finally ordered his army into the enemy camp at Manassas?

3. How was the Southern Confederacy formed?

4. Describe Grant.

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

6. 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?

7. Describe Lincoln's vision. What was Mary's interpretation of this vision?

8. What are two battles won by the Union? What problems still existed, though?

9. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

10. Describe Lincoln's generals.

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