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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of Americans is excluded from Grant's order in Chapter 4?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) Quakers.

2. Who is Samuel E. Perkins?
(a) A Illinois lawyer.
(b) The district attorney of Indiana..
(c) A Democratic journalist and Indiana Justice.
(d) An Illinois journalist.

3. 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) Rebels are using these rights to aid their rebellion.
(c) The country must temporarily give up freedom for safety.
(d) Spies could damage the commerce of the Union.

4. In the "White Flag Affair," how does Union General Christopher C. Augur convince three Confederates to release his captured Union soldiers?
(a) By holding their wives hostage.
(b) By holding their fathers hostage.
(c) By holding their eldest sons hostage.
(d) By threatening to burn their farms.

5. Who are the Prisoners of State?
(a) Union military felons.
(b) Felons captured behind enemy lines.
(c) Civilians arrested by the military.
(d) Uniformed Confederate captives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Missouri?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Pardon Worsley convince clerks from several prominent businesses that he has the permits and power to do?

4. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?

5. Which ship captures the Banshee in 1863?

(see the answer key)

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