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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does General John C. Frymont make about Joseph Aubuchon?
(a) He upholds Aubuchon's conviction.
(b) He overturns Aubuchon's conviction.
(c) He arrests Aubuchon for interfering in military trials.
(d) He orders Aubuchon's execution.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Abraham Lincoln inaugurated?

2. What orders does President Lincoln give General Benjamin F. Butler and General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. Who are the Prisoners of State?

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