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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?
(a) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(b) For burning a bridge into St. Louis.
(c) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(d) For exercising freedom of expression.

2. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(b) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(c) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(d) For raising forces for the Confederacy.

3. When is Abraham Lincoln inaugurated?
(a) January 20, 1862.
(b) May 1, 1860.
(c) November 2, 1864.
(d) March 4, 1861.

4. Who intervenes on Abraham Friedenreich's behalf?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) President Lincoln.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) Charles Dana.

5. What form of torture is commonly accepted among the administration during the Civil War?
(a) Water torture.
(b) Public stocks.
(c) Public lashing.
(d) Starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?

2. What is the verdict in Joseph Griffin's case?

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

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

5. In Chapter 2, on what charge are civilians who burn bridges typically tried?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must President Lincoln explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to Congress?

2. How does Lincoln's decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus divide politicians in 1861?

3. What controversy does General Paine create when he arrests 100 citizens?

4. What is the purpose of the Enrollment Act?

5. How does General Grant respond to the guerrilla tactics of John Singleton Mosby?

6. Why do mobs from Baltimore burn bridges in 1861?

7. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?

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

9. How is the scorched earth policy used during the Civil War?

10. How is the press used by the Confederate supporters in 1864 to create panic in New York?

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