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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. What criticism was made of the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) That it did not punish slaveholders enough.
(b) That it did not give the slaves enough.
(c) That it did not repair the injuries to African societies.
(d) That it did not free slaves in the Confederate states.

2. What happened to increase Lincoln's chances of reelection?
(a) The Democratic nominee withdrew.
(b) The Democrats were splintered.
(c) The Democratic candidate was embroiled in a scandal.
(d) The Democratic candidates annihilated each other.

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

4. What was Lincoln waiting for before making the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Desperation in the South.
(b) Slave revolts.
(c) Southern surrender.
(d) A Union victory.

5. What does Donald say Lincoln returned to with the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Making public proclamations.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Habeas Corpus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger did the Confederate troops pose in summer 1864?

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

3. What turned public opinion in favor of Lincoln?

4. With whom did Lincoln ultimately replace McClellan?

5. Whom did the Democrats get to run against Lincoln?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What international crisis did Lincoln leave Seward to avert?

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

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

5. Describe Lincoln's approach to the question of slavery relative to his conduct of the war.

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

7. Why did Lincoln not liberate all the slaves early in the war?

8. When does Donald locate the low point for Lincoln's administration?

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

10. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his wife during the hard times of the war.

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