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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. Vicksburg surrendered to Grant who Lincoln admired for what reason?
(a) He was very intelligent.
(b) He was always victorious.
(c) He was brave.
(d) He never refused orders or lost his objectives.

2. After his election, Lincoln had a troubling ________.
(a) Day.
(b) Vision.
(c) Speech.
(d) Thought.

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

4. Lincoln decided to post Henry Halleck as what, trying to find a man who would fight for him?
(a) Brevet Lieutenant General.
(b) Major General.
(c) Brevet Brigadier General.
(d) General in Chief.

5. Lincoln was very busy, often with over _________ visitors a day, and his right hand was swollen and sore from all the shaking.
(a) 100.
(b) 150.
(c) 1000.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln _________ capable generals to lead his armies against the Southern insurrection.

2. Lincoln called for troops from the Union, and there was a riot in ___________ when the Sixth Massachusetts tried to march through.

3. General Winfield Scott was _________ to take the field.

4. By what was Mary haunted?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's generals.

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

3. What was the Crittenden Plan?

4. How did Lincoln handle McClellan's inactivity?

5. What did Lincoln do with the Fugitive Slave Law? What were the effects of this?

6. What happened when McClellan clashed with General Lee over Richmond?

7. How was Lincoln in conflict over emancipation? What did he eventually decide about emancipation?

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

9. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

10. How did General Lee shock the Union?

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