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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 publicly relieve John C. Fremont of command?
(a) July, 12, 1862.
(b) September 14, 1875.
(c) October 15, 1862.
(d) November 2, 1861.

2. In order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln allowed states in the South to hold what in which he required a majority of citizens to vote?
(a) An open election.
(b) A congressional election.
(c) A nationwide caucus.
(d) An all-black election.

3. The Constitutional Union Party was made up primarily of former members of what political party?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Liberty Party.

4. The Treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade was also known as what?
(a) The Trent Treaty.
(b) The Mason-Swift Treaty.
(c) The Lyons-Seward Treaty.
(d) The Lincoln Treaty.

5. The Battle of Antietam was fought on what date?
(a) November 12, 1860.
(b) September 17, 1862.
(c) October 11, 1860.
(d) September 12, 1863.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group in American politics of the 1860s were adherents of the Democratic Party who demanded a more aggressive policy toward the Confederacy and supported the policies of President Abraham Lincoln when the Civil War broke out?

2. What, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War?

3. What refers to goods that a neutral nation cannot supply to a belligerent nation except at the risk of seizure and confiscation?

4. What was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting the confiscation of any of property, including slaves, being used to support the Confederate insurrection?

5. What refers to a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lincoln initially refuse to allow blacks in the Union Army, as discussed in Chapter 7?

2. What did Lincoln allow Southern states to do in order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation in Chapter 7?

3. What political strategies did Lincoln assert in Chapter 5? What issues were avoided and why?

4. When was the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued and what did it proclaim?

5. What did Lincoln assert of the Republican Party at his speech at the Cooper Institute in 1860?

6. What actions did John C. Fremont take with escaped slaves in Chapter 6?

7. What led to John C. Fremont's removal from command in Chapter 6?

8. What actions and events led to the beginning of the Civil War, as discussed in Chapter 5?

9. What candidates were elected from the various parties for the 1860 presidential election?

10. What did the Emancipation Proclamation allow for regarding the military, as discussed in Chapter 8?

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