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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. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?
(a) Continuation of the war.
(b) The work of reconstruction.
(c) The passage of the the 13th amendment.
(d) The passage of the War Time Spending bill.

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

3. What was the Wade-Davis bill about?
(a) War fonding.
(b) Forgiveness for war profiteers.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Exceptions in the Emencipation Proclamation.

4. What idea did Lincoln stress in "The Jewel of Liberty" ?
(a) Limited black suffrage for the state of Florida..
(b) Limited black suffrage for the state of Noth Carolina.
(c) Limited black suffrage for the state of New York.
(d) Limited black suffrage for the state of Louisiana.

5. Who sent the letter prompting Lincoln to write "Not an Entirely Impartial Judge"?
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) A pro-slavery white man.
(c) General Grant.
(d) A Confederate minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Emancipation Proclamation written?

2. When was "The Election Was a Necessity" written?

3. When was "The New Reckoning" written?

4. What did Lincoln ask Sherman to do in "Go Far Towards Losing the Whole Union Cause"?

5. Who was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" intended for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What words does the Gettysburg Address begin with?

4. What did Lincoln attempt to persuade Congress to do?

5. What does Lincoln make the Union synonymous with in December 1862?

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

7. What should Hooker's chief aim be according to another letter to Hooker?

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

9. What did Lincoln do to spare the Douglas family?

10. What does Lincoln claim in a response to a white man?

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