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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Wes Bogan?
(a) A grocer arrested for bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(b) A slave who sues for his freedom.
(c) A black man tried for the murder of his ex-master.
(d) A wealthy businessman arrested for blockade running.

3. Which Union general has President Lincoln's blessing to arrest all the men he wishes and freeing those who are willing to take an oath of allegiance?
(a) John A. Dix.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) John A. Pope.
(d) William T. Sherman.

4. 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.

5. How are disloyal citizens tried in Chapter 2?
(a) In federal courts.
(b) In military commissions.
(c) In the field.
(d) In civil courts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does President Lincoln write a letter to Erastus Corning?

2. Why does the author have difficulty confirming civilian arrest records?

3. Why does Lincoln feel the need to censure John Fremont?

4. In Chapter 5, what do some of the men that Watson has arrested offer Charles Dana?

5. In reviewing the "U.S. Army Court Martial Cases" of 1863-65, why does Lincoln sometimes disagree with Holt?

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