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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which bill, passed in 1863, removes the cracks between military and civilian justice?
(a) The Habeas Corpus Act.
(b) Bates Bill.
(c) Militia Act.
(d) Whiting Bill.

2. What does Peter H. Watson oversee in Chapter 5?
(a) The transfer of Confederate prisioners.
(b) The transfer of civilian prisoners.
(c) The movement of Union troops through St. Louis.
(d) The investigation of John Eitel's illegal operations.

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

4. How does the Confederate Captain John Wilkinson slip through the blockade in 1864?
(a) By hiding in inlets and traveling at night.
(b) By pretending to be from Boston.
(c) By pretending to be British.
(d) By pretending to be a Union officer.

5. Whom does the Secretary of the Navy blame for the hoax published in the New York "World" and the "Journal of Commerce"?
(a) Hamilton Easter.
(b) Charles Dana.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) Frank A. Mallison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What precedent is set in Joseph Griffin's case?

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

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

4. Who authored "Elements of International Law and Laws of War"?

5. Which pioneer political scientist drafts War Department General Order No. 100, specifying that hostages be treated as POWs?

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