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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) A list of Maryland lawmakers who may be arrested.
(b) A Jacksonian defense.
(c) A collection of international civil liberty laws.
(d) A list of Confederate supporters.

2. Who are the Prisoners of State?
(a) Civilians arrested by the military.
(b) Uniformed Confederate captives.
(c) Union military felons.
(d) Felons captured behind enemy lines.

3. What does General John C. Frymont do in Chapter 2?
(a) Shoot citizens in a St. Louis mob.
(b) Close the New Orleans "State Journal" and declare martial law.
(c) Arrest 143 rioters in the city of St. Louis.
(d) Close the St. Louis "State Journal" and declare martial law.

4. Who is Edmund J. Ellis?
(a) A Missouri civilian tried for treason in a military commission.
(b) A Missouri civil officer of the law.
(c) Editor of the "Boone County Standard."
(d) A Union soldier tried for treason in a military commission.

5. Which judge challenges President Lincoln's right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar .
(b) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(c) Attorney General Edward Bates.
(d) Assistant Judge William M. Merrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former U.S. President does Lincoln admire?

2. What decision does Lincoln make on April 27, 1861?

3. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?

4. What orders does President Lincoln give General Benjamin F. Butler and General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in Chapter 1?

5. What unusual qualities does Henry W. Halleck have in a leader?

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