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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Lincoln present the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet?

3. What impressed Lincoln enough that he appointed Grant to control Union forces against the South?

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

5. Why did Lincoln not free all slaves early in the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's relationship with General Hooker.

2. Describe Lincoln's falling out with Salmon Chase.

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

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

5. What problems did Lincoln have with General McClellan?

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

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

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

9. How did the Civil War create international difficulties for Lincoln?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Were England and France--both of which had outlawed slavery and slave trading--hypocritical in opposing Lincoln's blockade of the South during the Civil War? What interests were they speaking for when they complained about the war's impact? Did their arguments reconcile with their humanitarian stance with regard to slavery, and if so how?

Essay Topic 2

Even before Lincoln arrived in Washington DC, he was threatened with assassination in Baltimore. What role did the threat of assassination play in Lincoln's presidency? How did Lincoln change or refuse to change his policies or activities because of the threats?

Essay Topic 3

How would you characterize Donald's biography of Lincoln? What are Donald's methods of writing the biography of Lincoln, and what are the benefits and risks of that method? How well does Donald succeed in his undertaking? Is the reader left wanting more or deeper treatment of a topic? If so, what topic?

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