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

2. What position was Lincoln offered when he left Washington, DC.?
(a) Vice President.
(b) Director of the Federal Land Office.
(c) Governor of Illinois.
(d) Governor of Oregon.

3. When did Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Fall 1863.
(b) Spring 1864.
(c) Spring 1863.
(d) Winter 1862.

4. What important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?
(a) He got married.
(b) His father died.
(c) His first wife died.
(d) His mother died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lincoln move back to Illinois after his first term in Washington, DC?

2. How did Lincoln bolster his support in the North?

3. What was the public sentiment about the Civil War at the beginning?

4. Describe Lincoln's two children.

5. Who was the President when Lincoln served in the Senate?

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