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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?
(a) For exercising freedom of expression.
(b) For burning a bridge into St. Louis.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For selling alcohol to Union troops.

2. Who sets John Eitel's bail in Chapter 5?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Charles A. Dana.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) Edwin M. Stanton.

3. After what battle do arrests of Southern citizens begin to decline?
(a) Chickamauga.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Vicksburg.

4. What are the most common reasons for civilian arrest between 1863 and 1864?
(a) Blockade running and smuggling.
(b) Publishing anti-Union articles.
(c) Stealing food and supplies from the Union forces.
(d) Evading the draft.

5. What does Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles confide in his diary?
(a) He fears the Confederacy might win.
(b) He is terrified of revolt from Northern facotry workers.
(c) He never feared revolt from Northern citizens.
(d) He is concerned about the impact of paid servants on the economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book of John A. Marshall's is well read among Lincoln's critics?

2. What does the War Department do when James Hamilton reveals the horrors he suffered as a hostage?

3. Who is Samuel E. Perkins?

4. What type of state is Missouri described as being in Chapter 2?

5. With what crime is Skipper F. N. Bonneau charged?

(see the answer key)

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