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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who produces a digest of opinions on martial law for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) Titian J. Coffey.
(b) William H. Seward.
(c) Edwin M. Stanton.
(d) Edward Bates.

3. Who are the Prisoners of State?
(a) Civilians arrested by the military.
(b) Uniformed Confederate captives.
(c) Union military felons.
(d) Felons captured behind enemy lines.

4. Which judge challenges President Lincoln's right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) Attorney General Edward Bates.
(b) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(c) Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar .
(d) Assistant Judge William M. Merrick.

5. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?
(a) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(b) For burning a bridge into St. Louis.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For exercising freedom of expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ulysses S. Grant respond to General Paine's decision to arrest 100 citizens?

2. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 2, to what charge do civilians who burn bridges typically plead guilty?

4. Who is Henry W. Halleck?

5. Who is Edmund J. Ellis?

(see the answer key)

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