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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two bills does Congress pass on March 3, 1863?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation and General Order 100.
(b) The Writ Act and the Militia Act.
(c) The Habeas Corpus Act and the Enrollment Act.
(d) The Enrollment Act and the Militia Act.

2. Dennis A. Mahony is editor of which newspaper in Chapter 3?
(a) The "Merryman."
(b) The Newark "Evening Journal."
(c) The Dubuque "Herald."
(d) The "American Bastile."

3. What orders does President Lincoln give General Benjamin F. Butler and General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in Chapter 1?
(a) Free those in chains, chain those who fight.
(b) Arrest any who resist.
(c) Attack on sight.
(d) Watch, wait and be ready to respond.

4. Why is Chauncey Burr arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(b) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(c) For advising people to demand a peaceful settlement at the polls.
(d) For breaking up a recruitment rally.

5. When does Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Missouri?
(a) After mobs riot in the streets of Jefferson City.
(b) After a potential assassination plot is uncovered.
(c) After Confederate spies are found hiding in the capital courthouse.
(d) After local commanders suspend civil liberties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous case will refer to Samuel Perkins' arguments in 1966?

2. What concerns do Union commanders have about Confederate deserters?

3. Whom does Lincoln turn to for advice when Baltimore mobs burn railroad bridges?

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

5. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?

(see the answer key)

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