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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Clement L. Vallandigham's arrest cause widespread Democratic protests?
(a) He is a respected preacher.
(b) He was arrested without legal precedent.
(c) He is a well read author.
(d) He was once a member of the U.S. Congress.

2. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(b) For discouraging enlistments.
(c) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(d) For breaking up a recruitment rally.

3. Which Democratic supporter gives a speech during the 1864 campaigns claiming that emancipation will make postwar reunion difficult?
(a) Horatio Seymour.
(b) George B. McClellan.
(c) Clement Vallandingham.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. Which Union general has President Lincoln's blessing to arrest all the men he wishes and freeing those who are willing to take an oath of allegiance?
(a) William T. Sherman.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) John A. Pope.
(d) John A. Dix.

5. How does Lincoln justify the suppression of such constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and habeas corpus?
(a) Such rights are earned, not given.
(b) The country must temporarily give up freedom for safety.
(c) Rebels are using these rights to aid their rebellion.
(d) Spies could damage the commerce of the Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Militia Act designed to prevent?

2. Which politician quotes Lord Coke by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed"?

3. How does Dennis A. Mahony secure his release?

4. Why are judges still issuing writs of habeas corpus in Chapter 3?

5. According to "The American Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1865," how many citizens are denied habeas corpus?

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