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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book of John A. Marshall's is well read among Lincoln's critics?
(a) The Prisoner of State.
(b) The American Bastile.
(c) Low Tide for Liberty.
(d) The Merryman.

2. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?
(a) To silence political dissenters.
(b) To undermine an assassination plot.
(c) To prevent unrest and preserve the Union.
(d) To break up a ring of Confederate spies.

3. Why does Joseph Griffin sue Captain Frank Wilcox for false imprisonment?
(a) He is a loyal citizen of the Union.
(b) He has a license to sell alcohol.
(c) Martial law does not give the right to confiscate private property.
(d) He is a legal citizen of the United States.

4. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?
(a) Non-military personnel are subject to military law during war.
(b) Due process is a privilege, not a right.
(c) Property does not exist in the absence of law.
(d) Due process is a constitutional and moral right.

5. After what battle do arrests of Southern citizens begin to decline?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Vicksburg.
(d) Chickamauga.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?

2. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?

3. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?

4. How does Lincoln justify the suppression of such constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and habeas corpus?

5. What war time legal practice is revived due to the rise of guerilla warfare in America?

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