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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 changed when Lincoln replaced General Hooker with General Meade?
(a) The Union troops repulsed the Confederate troops.
(b) Public opinion swung around sharply.
(c) The Union troops acted less effectively in battle.
(d) Union losses declined steeply.

2. With whom did Lincoln ultimately replace McClellan?
(a) Meade.
(b) Halleck.
(c) Grant.
(d) Hooker.

3. How did Lincoln campaign for President?
(a) His advisors campaigned for him.
(b) He toured the U.S., giving speeches.
(c) He gave weekly radio addresses.
(d) He gave interviews in all the U.S. papers.

4. What happened to Lincoln's career after the 1858 election?
(a) He began to enjoy a reputation outside of Illinois.
(b) He was invited to serve as a diplomat to France.
(c) He was abandoned by the Republican Party.
(d) He declined to enter into national politics until the Illinois state Republican Party was unified.

5. What were the border states afraid of?
(a) Lincoln would tax them to pay for the Union army.
(b) Lincoln would liberate the slaves.
(c) Lincoln would demand enormous numbers of troops and materials from them.
(d) That Lincoln would make them pay for the actions of any Southern sympathizers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his advisers.

2. What was the result of Lincoln's campaign against Douglas?

3. What was Lincoln's stance on blacks' equality?

4. About what did Lincoln speak out against as a Representative?

5. Who was Stephen Douglas?

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