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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ declared itself "neutral" in the conflict, with people enlisting in both armies.

2. Lincoln and who ran on the Republican ticket for the next election?

3. Lincoln had to relieve General Burnside because of what?

4. What would relieve Lincoln's depression and allow him to escape for a little while?

5. General Winfield Scott was _________ to take the field.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Grant.

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

4. Describe Lincoln's call for troops.

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

6. How was the Southern Confederacy formed?

7. What led to antiwar protests?

8. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lincoln is a member of the Whig Party and the then the Republican Party.

Part 1) Describe the Whig Party. Why does Lincoln join this party? How do Lincoln's views influence the Whig Party? How does this party affect him?

Part 2) What happens to the Whig Party? What is the connection between this and the Republican Party? Why does Lincoln join the Republican Party?

Part 3) To which party would you belong today? Why? How important are political parties? Why do you believe this?

Essay Topic 2

Lincoln opened a country store with Jon Berry, but they went into debt.

Part 1) How did this debt occur? How did it affect Lincoln? What did he learn from this?

Part 2) What did he call this debt? Why might he have called it this?

Part 3) What can we as Americans learn from Lincoln's debt and his process of dealing with it?

Essay Topic 3

Many changes occur due to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Part 1) What is the Emancipation Proclamation? Why does the Emancipation Proclamation take place? How does it change events in the war? Are these changes good? Why or why not?

Part 2) Was the Emancipation Proclamation necessary to end the war? Why or why not? Did most U.S. citizens want the Emancipation Proclamation? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might the Emancipation Proclamation have helped to change the minds of American citizens? How might it also have been detrimental in the minds of some Americans?

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