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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. A New Birth of Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was "A Fair Specimen of What Has Occurred to Me Through Life" intended for?
(a) A soldier.
(b) An actor.
(c) A housewife.
(d) A political ally.

2. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?
(a) The use of black soldiers.
(b) The use of Native American soldiers.
(c) The use of defecting Confederate soldiers.
(d) The use of Irish soldiers.

3. What does Lincoln not believe in according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?
(a) Racial equality.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) War.
(d) Negotiations.

4. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) To show strength.
(b) To attack plantations.
(c) To assuage fears.
(d) To put down the Southern rebellion.

5. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?
(a) Trading cotton.
(b) Trading corn.
(c) Trading iron.
(d) Trading prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Emancipation Proclamation written?

2. What did Lincoln think of black and white interaction according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?

3. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?

4. What does Lincoln rail against in "It is the End of Us"?

5. Who did Lincoln write "A Single Half-Defeat" for?

(see the answer key)

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