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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 Edwin M. Stanton?
(a) Lincoln's Secretary of War.
(b) Lincoln's Secretary of State.
(c) A Brigadier General of the Union Army.
(d) The Attorney General.

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

3. In Chapter 6, what are the primary reasons for most arrests of Northern citizens?
(a) Freedom of speech and civil liberty issues.
(b) Contraband trading, desertion, and draft dodging.
(c) Theft and looting.
(d) White collar crimes.

4. Which newspaper does Chauncey Burr publish in Chapter 3?
(a) The "Merryman."
(b) The Newark "Evening Journal."
(c) The Dubuque "Herald."
(d) The "American Bastile."

5. Which famous church is raided and looted by Union troops in 1861?
(a) Ambrose Chapel Church.
(b) New Hope Church.
(c) St. Croix.
(d) Pohick church.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to President Lincoln, why would many civilian detainees have been in prison even with the right of habeas corpus?

2. 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?

3. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 6, what is the average length of time a Northern arrestee is detained?

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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