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Who did Lincoln trust?

On January 9, the first episode of the second season of our podcast Q & Abe drops. The episode will tackle the question, posed by a recent visitor, "Who did Lincoln trust the most?" Take our episode-inspired quiz on Lincoln and trust now.

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* 1. As the episode discusses, Lincoln proposed issuing the Emancipation Proclamation to free rebel-owned slaves in a meeting with the Cabinet on July 22, 1862. Which of these people advised Lincoln to wait until a Union victory, so that the proclamation wouldn’t be “our last shriek on the retreat?”

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* 2. The episode also mentions a man whom Harold Holzer describes as “loyal to the Union and a brilliant organizer.” Can you name this resident of a cottage on the grounds of the Old Soldiers' Home that Lincoln nicknamed, Mars, God of War?

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* 3. 20th Century Secretary of both War and State Henry Stimpson once said that “the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.” Sidney Blumenthal claims which historical figure is notable for trusting Lincoln from a young age?

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* 4. The episode mentions a document as an example of Lincoln’s trust in the voice of the people. In August 1864, Lincoln asked his Cabinet to sign this document unseen, and in it he pledged to accept the verdict of the people in the upcoming election, and to continue the fight to save the Union should he not be re-elected. What is this document popularly called today?

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* 5. The episode touches on author Charles Feltman’s definition of Trust.  Feldman argues that Trust is “choosing to risk making something you value _____________________another person’s actions.” Guess the missing words:

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