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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For discouraging enlistments.
(b) For breaking up a recruitment rally.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For selling alcohol to Union troops.

4. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?
(a) To break up a ring of Confederate spies.
(b) To silence political dissenters.
(c) To undermine an assassination plot.
(d) To prevent unrest and preserve the Union.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Henry W. Halleck?

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

4. Which newspaper does Chauncey Burr publish in Chapter 3?

5. Who produces a digest of opinions on martial law for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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