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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does James G. Randall write that criticizes Lincoln's habeas corpus policy?
(a) A Savage Conflict.
(b) Constitutional Problems under Lincoln.
(c) Mr. Lincoln's Forts.
(d) Arming the Suckers 1861-1865.

2. Why are modern historians unable to replicate or confirm Colonel F. C. Ainsworth's study?
(a) The National Archives will not release the records.
(b) The great fire of 1906 destroyed most of the records.
(c) His bureau has been abolished and surviving records are incomplete.
(d) His notes and journals have been lost.

3. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For breaking up a recruitment rally.
(b) For advising people to demand a peaceful settlement at the polls.
(c) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(d) For selling alcohol to Union troops.

4. Which former President is almost arrested for being a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) James Buchanan.
(c) Franklin Pierce.
(d) Millard Fillmore.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who runs against Lincoln in the 1864 election?

3. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested in Chapter 3?

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

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

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