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13. What problem did Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman solve for Lincoln? 14. What two key decisions did Lincoln make in 1864? 15. What did Lincoln expect the outcome of the election of 1864 to be? Who was running against him? 16. Why did Lincoln want to spread word of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South before the presidential election of 1864? What key event swung the election in Lincoln’s favor? 17. What attitude did Lincoln take toward the South in his second inaugural address? 18. How was Lincoln’s place in history defined after he was assassinated? “I LAUGH, BECAUSE I MUST NOT CRY” (page 27) 1. How did Lincoln use humor? 2. What do you think the effect was when Lincoln made jokes about himself? 3. When General George B. McClellan turned in a sarcastic report about capturing six cows, how did Lincoln respond? LINCOLN’S OTHER WARTIME TRIUMPHS (page 28) 1. To what did the Morrill Act of 1862 lead? 2. What did the Homestead Act do? If you were a Native American, how woul
