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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do mobs burn railroad bridges in Chapter 1?
(a) To prevent goods from being sent North.
(b) To prevent troops from passing through to Washington, DC.
(c) To prevent goods from being sent South.
(d) To protest an increase on cotton tax.

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

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

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

5. What happens to Assistant Judge William M. Merrick in Chapter 1?
(a) He is put under surveillance and loses his salary.
(b) He is shot while giving a public speech.
(c) He is executed for treason.
(d) He is arrested and jailed for the duration of the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Joseph Aubuchon?

2. Which judge challenges President Lincoln's right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

3. Whom does Lincoln turn to for advice when Baltimore mobs burn railroad bridges?

4. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?

5. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?

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