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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. George Gordon Meade continued with the Army of the Potomac on a collision course with Lee where?

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

3. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?

4. What accusations surrounded Mary?

5. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lincoln's generals.

3. Describe Lincoln's initial cabinet members.

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

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

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

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. How was the Southern Confederacy formed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A Southern Confederacy is established.

Part 1) What events lead up to the establishing of this Southern Confederacy? Could this have been avoided? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 2) Should a Southern Confederacy have been avoided? Why or why not? What might have happened if the split of the Union had not led to a war? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) How are signs of this Confederacy being rebuilt today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The Union Army is weak through much of the war.

Part 1) Describe the Union Army. Why is it so weak? How is this reflected in various Civil War battles?

Part 2) How is the army able to be successful in the end? How do the leaders of this army learn from their mistakes? What role does Lincoln play in the strengthening of this army?

Part 3) Compare the Union Army to the U.S. Army today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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