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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?
(a) Property does not exist in the absence of law.
(b) Due process is a privilege, not a right.
(c) Non-military personnel are subject to military law during war.
(d) Due process is a constitutional and moral right.

2. In Chapter 2, to what charge do civilians who burn bridges typically plead guilty?
(a) Inciting a riot.
(b) Civil unrest.
(c) Bridge burning.
(d) Violating the laws of war.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which former President is nearly arrested in Chapter 1?

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

4. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?

5. Who is Joseph Aubuchon?

(see the answer key)

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