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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 was "The World Has Never Had a Good Definition of Liberty" written?
(a) January1864.
(b) March 1864.
(c) April 1864.
(d) May 1864.

2. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(b) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.
(c) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(d) A politician who lost a son in the war.

3. What compelled Lincoln to take the steps leading to war and the Emancipation Proclamation according to "If Slavery is Not Wrong, Nothing is Wrong"?
(a) The view that he thought would have him reelected.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The view most popular according to a recent survey.
(d) His personal view.

4. What did "Questions I Reserve to Myself" foreshadow?
(a) Proclamation for National Fast Day.
(b) Thanksgiving Proclamation.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Proclamation to Overrule the General's Emancipation.

5. When was the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued according to "Shall Be Thenceforth, and Forever Free"?
(a) October 1862.
(b) December1862.
(c) September 1862.
(d) November 1862.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?

2. What were the Unionists calling the army to go easy on according to "Leaving Any Available Card Unplayed"?

3. What was the Wade-Davis bill about?

4. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?

5. Who was "But You Must Act" intended for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln issue in September 1862?

2. What was Lincoln under increasing pressure to do by July 1864?

3. How does Lincoln respond to Illinois Congressman Isaac Arnold?

4. What trade did Lincoln reject?

5. Why are elections necessary based on an address written on November 10, 1864?

6. What does Lincoln stress about the war to a group of soldiers?

7. What did Lincoln urge General McClellan to do in a letter?

8. What did Lincoln demonstrate in his letter to General Don Carlos Buell according to "We Cannot Escape History"?

9. What does Lincoln address when he writes to General Hooker?

10. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

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