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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 1864?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) George B. McClellan.
(c) John V. L. Pruyn.
(d) Sidney Cromwell.

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

3. 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) John A. Dix.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) John A. Pope.
(d) William T. Sherman.

4. What book does Dennis A. Mahony write after his release?
(a) The Merryman.
(b) The American Bastile.
(c) Low Tide for Liberty.
(d) The Prisoner of State.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Copperheads?

2. Which Democratic supporter gives a speech during the 1864 campaigns claiming that emancipation will make postwar reunion difficult?

3. Why does Clement L. Vallandigham's arrest cause widespread Democratic protests?

4. Which newspaper does Chauncey Burr publish in Chapter 3?

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

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