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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 danger did the Confederate troops pose in summer 1864?

2. What effect did Lincoln's response to Greeley have?

3. What was the 10% plan?

4. How did Lincoln appease the border states?

5. When does Donald say was the low point for Lincoln's administration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems did Lincoln have preserving the integrity of the free states?

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

3. Describe Lincoln's final falling out with General McClellan.

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

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

6. Describe Lincoln's relationship with General Hooker.

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

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

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

10. Describe General McClellan's campaign against Lincoln.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the benefits and what were the risks of Lincoln's cabinet of enemies? Did this arrangement ultimately benefit Lincoln? Did it hurt him? Discuss instances in which it was helpful or harmful.

Essay Topic 2

Why did Lincoln not emancipate the slaves early in the war? What practical factors led him to hold off on emancipation? Did he ultimately gain by waiting, or did he lose some authority or political capital by waiting for the right time?

Essay Topic 3

What was the effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates on Lincoln's career? How did Lincoln change as a thinker and as a politician as a result of the debates?

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