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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?
(a) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(b) For shooting his slaves.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For raising forces for the Confederacy.

2. Why is Chauncey Burr arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(b) For advising people to demand a peaceful settlement at the polls.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For breaking up a recruitment rally.

3. Why does Joseph Griffin sue Captain Frank Wilcox for false imprisonment?
(a) He has a license to sell alcohol.
(b) He is a legal citizen of the United States.
(c) He is a loyal citizen of the Union.
(d) Martial law does not give the right to confiscate private property.

4. What decision does Lincoln make on April 27, 1861?
(a) He announces the Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) He makes plans to reunite America.
(c) He suspends writ of habeas corpus on rail routes from Philadelphia to Washington.
(d) He decides to send troops into the South.

5. How are Confederate deserters often treated by Union troops in Chapter 4?
(a) They swear an oath of loyalty and are released.
(b) They are sent to POW camps.
(c) They are interrogated, and then sent to Canada.
(d) They are executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does General John C. Frymont do in Chapter 2?

2. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?

3. What unusual qualities does Henry W. Halleck have in a leader?

4. When is Abraham Lincoln inaugurated?

5. Why does General William S. Harney refuse to release Captain Emmett McDonald?

(see the answer key)

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