View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Though Salmon Chase was favored to run against Lincoln for the Republican nomination, what scandal erased any hope Chase had for the nomination?
(a) Gould and Fisk.
(b) The Pomeroy Circular.
(c) Yazoo Land.
(d) Civil War Profiteering.

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

5. Lincoln finally had to take matters into his own hands and do what?
(a) Help McClellan with planning an attack for the Army of the Potomac.
(b) Order the Army of the Potomac to surrender.
(c) Find a new leader for the Army of the Potomac.
(d) Order the Army of the Potomac into action.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lincoln appointed Salmon Chase as what?

3. The Confederates sent an army into the state, which enraged _________________ and pushed them into the Union.

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

5. Robert E. Lee decided to fight for whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did General Lee shock the Union?

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

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

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

5. Describe Lincoln's initial cabinet members.

6. Describe Lincoln's call for troops.

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

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

9. Who was Lincoln desperately trying to keep in the Union? What was the outcome of this?

10. Describe Grant.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 841 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample