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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?
(a) September 1862.
(b) October 1863.
(c) July 1863.
(d) April 1863.

2. What document justified the controversial step Lincoln took during the Civil War?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Articles of Confederation.
(d) The Constitution.

3. Who helped Lincoln gain Britain's support for the Civil War?
(a) Charles Sumner.
(b) Laurence Keitt.
(c) Stephen Douglas.
(d) Preston Brooks.

4. Whom did the Democrats get to run against Lincoln?
(a) Salmon Chase.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Horace Greeley.
(d) Ulysses Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the border states afraid of?

2. What tragedy did Lincoln suffer early in the Civil War?

3. What was one consequence of Lincoln's letter to Greeley?

4. What happened to complicate U.S. relations with Britain?

5. What did Hooker fail to do at Chancellorsville, in Lincoln's estimation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the Civil War progressing for the Union troops in 1864?

2. Describe the genesis and delivery of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

3. What major diplomatic problem confronted Lincoln at the end of the Civil War?

4. What was the state of the Union after Lincoln was re-elected?

5. How did Lincoln handle the decision of when to liberate the slaves?

6. Describe Lincoln's plans to run for re-election.

7. What risk did Lincoln run by suspending habeas corpus?

8. How did Lincoln change the command structure of the army in order to get better results out of General McClellan?

9. How does Donald account for Grant's success in the West, such that Lincoln wanted to appoint him to run the Union army?

10. How did Lincoln bolster his support in the face of criticism over McClellan's inaction?

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