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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long are military courts allowed to try civilians?
(a) Before and during the Civil War.
(b) Only during the Civil War.
(c) During and after the Civil War.
(d) Before, during and after the Civil War.

2. According to "The American Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1865," how many citizens are denied habeas corpus?
(a) 13,535.
(b) 38,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 942.

3. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?
(a) To break up a ring of Confederate spies.
(b) To undermine an assassination plot.
(c) To prevent unrest and preserve the Union.
(d) To silence political dissenters.

4. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) A Jacksonian defense.
(b) A list of Confederate supporters.
(c) A list of Maryland lawmakers who may be arrested.
(d) A collection of international civil liberty laws.

5. What war time legal practice is revived due to the rise of guerilla warfare in America?
(a) Execution squads.
(b) Seizure of property.
(c) Hangings.
(d) Military commissions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. According to Lincoln, what act did President Jefferson commit without having the constitutional power to do so?

4. Who is Joseph G. Knapp?

5. What is the Militia Act designed to prevent?

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