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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does President Lincoln have to explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) The American public.
(b) Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
(c) Congress.
(d) His cabinet.

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

3. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?
(a) Military execution of civilian spies is abolished.
(b) 237 civillians from Missouri are executed by Union soldiers.
(c) 20,000 citizens are banished from the state of Missouri.
(d) 13,433 citizens of Missouri are arrested by Union forces.

4. When is Abraham Lincoln inaugurated?
(a) March 4, 1861.
(b) January 20, 1862.
(c) May 1, 1860.
(d) November 2, 1864.

5. Whom does Lincoln turn to for advice when Baltimore mobs burn railroad bridges?
(a) Edward Bates.
(b) William H. Seward.
(c) Edwin M. Stanton.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to William Seward, which law is higher than the Constitution?

2. What do William Seward and George McClelland approve in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Edmund J. Ellis?

4. What war time legal practice is revived due to the rise of guerilla warfare in America?

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

(see the answer key)

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