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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Caginess.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Diligence.

2. What obstacle did Lincoln face in moving troops from north to south?
(a) Lack of funds.
(b) Railroad saboteurs.
(c) Pro-South citizens in Maryland.
(d) Inconsistent rail service.

3. What issue does Donald say consumed a great deal of Lincoln's time and drove his politics?
(a) Preventing in-fighting in his cabinet.
(b) Keeping border states loyal.
(c) Supplying Fort Sumter.
(d) Preparing the public for a long war.

4. Describe Lincoln's two children.
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Unruly.
(c) Well-taught.
(d) Disciplined.

5. What impressed Lincoln enough that he appointed Grant to control Union forces against the South?
(a) Grant's reputation as an aggressive and merciless general.
(b) Grant's powerful supporters in Congress.
(c) Grant's success in the west.
(d) Grant's success in minor engagements.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Congress handle the crisis with the British?

2. What was the new name of the Republican Party?

3. What position was Lincoln offered when he left Washington, DC.?

4. What prospect was beginning to open for Lincoln as he entered the third year of the war?

5. Why was the Whig party divided against itself?

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