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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. McClellan's _____________ was a huge problem.
(a) Inactivity.
(b) Lack of experience.
(c) Fear.
(d) Lack of intelligence.

2. In __________ Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant won a victory for the Union, though rumors persisted that he was a drunk.
(a) Western.
(b) Southern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Eastern.

3. Who was Lincoln's first cabinet appointment?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War.
(b) William P. Fessenden as Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) William H. Seward as Secretary of State.
(d) John P. Usher as Secretary of the Interior.

4. The War Department began mobilizing black regiments, agreeing that black and white outfits would do what?
(a) Remain together.
(b) Remain segregated.
(c) Fight side by side.
(d) Train together.

5. Lincoln finally had to take matters into his own hands and do what?
(a) Find a new leader for the Army of the Potomac.
(b) Order the Army of the Potomac into action.
(c) Order the Army of the Potomac to surrender.
(d) Help McClellan with planning an attack for the Army of the Potomac.

6. Lincoln declared a blockade of the Southern coast, and was trying desperately to keep the border states in the Union, including what states?
(a) Missouri, Massachusetts, New York.
(b) Kentucky, Illinois, and West Virginia.
(c) New Jersey, New York, New Mexico.
(d) Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.

7. Lincoln and who ran on the Republican ticket for the next election?
(a) John Andrews.
(b) Jack Johnson.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

8. Lincoln still needed more troops, so he enforced what?
(a) Acceptance of women in the military.
(b) Conscription.
(c) Conscription of all non-US citizens.
(d) The use of POWs as soldiers.

9. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?
(a) He did not know how to respond to the Southerners.
(b) The Southern papers always misconstrued what he said, painting him as a radical abolitionist.
(c) The Southerners did not want him to respond.
(d) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.

10. What plot was uncovered in Baltimore?
(a) To assassinate the President-elect.
(b) To kidnap the President-elect.
(c) To rob the President-elect.
(d) To bribe the President-elect.

11. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?
(a) Reinstate the draft.
(b) Use POWs as soldiers.
(c) Free slaves everywhere.
(d) Convince southerners to join the Union Army.

12. Lincoln got Congress to sign a bill that overturned what, outlawing slavery in all federal territories?
(a) The Missouri Compromise.
(b) The Dred Scott decision.
(c) The Corwin Amendment.
(d) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill.

13. Though Salmon Chase was favored to run against Lincoln for the Republican nomination, what scandal erased any hope Chase had for the nomination?
(a) Yazoo Land.
(b) The Pomeroy Circular.
(c) Gould and Fisk.
(d) Civil War Profiteering.

14. Lincoln called Grant back east and appointed him what, the first to hold the position since Winfield Scott?
(a) Brigadier General.
(b) Lieutenant General.
(c) General in Chief of all Union armies and Lieutenant General.
(d) General in Chief of all Union armies.

15. Lincoln demoted McDowell in favor of who to take command of the Army of the Potomac?
(a) John Garland.
(b) Winfield Scott.
(c) Joseph E. Johnston.
(d) George B. McClellan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the 54th of Massachusetts--a Negro outfit--launched a viscous attack against rebels at Fort Wagner, what myth was effectively ended?

2. General Lee shocked the Union by doing what?

3. Jude Early led a rebel force from Harper's Ferry to seize what city?

4. How was Meade like his predecessors?

5. Lincoln decided to combine the forces of McDowell, Fremont, and Banks into one Army of ___________, with General John Pope as the Commander.

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