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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Hannibal Hamlin?
(a) The Democratic nominee for President.
(b) The head of the Illinois Republican Party.
(c) Lincoln's running mate.
(d) Lincoln's opponent.

2. What prospect was beginning to open for Lincoln as he entered the third year of the war?
(a) Life-long appointment.
(b) Abdication.
(c) Imperial power.
(d) Reelection.

3. Where did the Union troops suffer a major defeat under General Burnside?
(a) Manassas.
(b) Bull Run.
(c) Fredericksburg.
(d) Antietam.

4. How did Lincoln appease abolitionist forces in the North during the Civil War?
(a) By signaling his opposition to slavery.
(b) By making the Emancipation Proclamation as early as possible.
(c) By outlawing the slave trade.
(d) By punishing the Southern troops whenever he could.

5. What was the Republican Party founded on?
(a) Opposition to Women's Suffrage.
(b) Opposition to popular sovereignty.
(c) Opposition to the Gold Standard.
(d) Opposition to slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism was made of the Emancipation Proclamation?

2. What shift did Lincoln's letter to Greeley indicate in Lincoln's thinking?

3. What action did Congress take on slavery at the end of 1864?

4. How did Lincoln complete his journey from Springfield to Washington, DC?

5. What message did Horace Greeley convey to Lincoln?

(see the answer key)

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