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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. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?
(a) The Southerners did not want him to respond.
(b) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.
(c) The Southern papers always misconstrued what he said, painting him as a radical abolitionist.
(d) He did not know how to respond to the Southerners.

2. After becoming President-Elect, Lincoln began compiling a list of what?
(a) Friends to from whom to ask for help.
(b) Difficult White House employees.
(c) Possible generals.
(d) Possible cabinet members.

3. The Confederates sent an army into the state, which enraged _________________ and pushed them into the Union.
(a) West Virginians.
(b) Missourians.
(c) Marylanders.
(d) Kentuckians.

4. Lincoln wanted to be elected for a second term, though he had a strange feeling. What was this feeling?
(a) He would become ill.
(b) He would not be elected.
(c) He would not live to see the end of the war.
(d) He would not be a good President.

5. The public was clamoring for a battle to take place, so Lincoln called Generals Scott and McDowell to discuss what?
(a) Winter offensives.
(b) Summer offensives.
(c) Fall offensives.
(d) Spring offensives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon reports that Grant was drinking again, Lincoln did what?

2. South Carolina unanimously voted to do what?

3. Lincoln decided to post Henry Halleck as what, trying to find a man who would fight for him?

4. Robert, Lincoln's oldest son, wanted to do what, but Mary said no?

5. In the Senate, John J. Crittenden proposed the Crittenden Plan which suggested what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was happening to Lincoln's reconstruction plan in Louisiana?

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

5. How did Lincoln handle McClellan's inactivity?

6. Describe Lincoln's initial cabinet members.

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

8. How was the Southern Confederacy formed?

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

10. What was the Crittenden Plan?

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