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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Missouri?
(a) After a potential assassination plot is uncovered.
(b) After Confederate spies are found hiding in the capital courthouse.
(c) After mobs riot in the streets of Jefferson City.
(d) After local commanders suspend civil liberties.

2. According to William Seward, which law is higher than the Constitution?
(a) Federal law.
(b) Divine law.
(c) International law.
(d) Mosaic law.

3. What orders does President Lincoln give General Benjamin F. Butler and General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in Chapter 1?
(a) Watch, wait and be ready to respond.
(b) Free those in chains, chain those who fight.
(c) Attack on sight.
(d) Arrest any who resist.

4. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?
(a) Lincoln's Secretary of State.
(b) Lincoln's Secretary of War.
(c) The Attorney General.
(d) A Brigadier General of the Union Army.

5. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For raising forces for the Confederacy.
(b) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For selling alcohol to Union troops.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does General Order No. 104 request that civilian and military authorities do?

3. What do William Seward and George McClelland approve in Chapter 1?

4. Which unpopular bill does Congress pass on July 17, 1862?

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

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