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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. Lincoln declared that the ________________ no longer applied, which caused flocks of slaves to run to the Union border, claiming themselves for the Union as "contraband of war."
(a) Confiscation Act.
(b) Corwin Amendment.
(c) Articles of Confederation.
(d) Fugitive Slave Law.

2. How did Lincoln meet with his cabinet members?
(a) He refused to meet with any of them.
(b) He would consult them individually.
(c) He would meet with all of them at once.
(d) He would meet with them in small groups.

3. ____________ stayed in the Union.
(a) Massachusetts, and Maryland.
(b) Kentucky and Illinois.
(c) Maryland and Missouri.
(d) West Vriginia and Illinois.

4. The Confederates sent an army into the state, which enraged _________________ and pushed them into the Union.
(a) Missourians.
(b) West Virginians.
(c) Marylanders.
(d) Kentuckians.

5. Did Lincoln support this amendment?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Not at first.
(d) Only at first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would relieve Lincoln's depression and allow him to escape for a little while?

2. Because of ____________, most Democrats were now against Lincoln.

3. Along with South Carolina, what did Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas do?

4. General Lee shocked the Union by doing what?

5. The War Department began mobilizing black regiments, agreeing that black and white outfits would do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was happening to Lincoln's reconstruction plan in Louisiana?

2. Describe Lincoln's initial cabinet members.

3. Describe Lincoln's vision. What was Mary's interpretation of this vision?

4. Who was Lincoln desperately trying to keep in the Union? What was the outcome of this?

5. How did Lincoln get slavery outlawed in all federal territories?

6. Describe Grant.

7. Describe Lincoln's generals.

8. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

9. How did General Lee shock the Union?

10. What did the Union worry about Great Britain doing? What did Great Britain end up doing? Why might they have done this?

(see the answer keys)

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