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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous case will refer to Samuel Perkins' arguments in 1966?
(a) Writ.
(b) Milligan.
(c) Perkins.
(d) Griffin.

2. Which iron side steamship rams the USS Niphon?
(a) The Ella and Annie.
(b) The CSS Merrimac.
(c) The USS Constitution.
(d) The Steamship Calhoun.

3. Which General orders all blockade runners released in 1864?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) William T. Sherman.
(c) Edward Bates.
(d) John A. Dix.

4. In Chapter 7, which great blockade running port is the last to fall?
(a) North Port, FL.
(b) Savannah, GA.
(c) Wilmington, NC.
(d) Charleston, SC.

5. Why does General William S. Harney refuse to release Captain Emmett McDonald?
(a) He fears for Captain McDonald's safety.
(b) On grounds of federal law.
(c) On grounds of "higher law."
(d) On grounds of international law.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Confederates plan on reacting to Grant's order in Chapter 4?

2. Dennis A. Mahony is editor of which newspaper in Chapter 3?

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

4. Who are the Copperheads?

5. Why does the War Department arrest John N. Eitel in 1865?

(see the answer key)

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