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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are disloyal citizens tried in Chapter 2?
(a) In military commissions.
(b) In the field.
(c) In federal courts.
(d) In civil courts.

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

3. How does Ulysses S. Grant respond to General Paine's decision to arrest 100 citizens?
(a) He insists the citizens be given due process.
(b) He sends a report of Paine's actions to President Lincoln.
(c) He orders the immediate release of all non-military personnel.
(d) He applauds Paine's actions.

4. 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.

5. 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 makes plans to reunite America.
(c) He announces the Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) He decides to send troops into the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. Why does General William S. Harney refuse to release Captain Emmett McDonald?

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

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