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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual qualities does Henry W. Halleck have in a leader?
(a) He has a natural charisma that attracts all voters.
(b) He is well read, intelligent and also has great physical strength.
(c) He has written about international law and observes legal niceties.
(d) He speaks both the language of the law and the language of the people.

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

3. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For advising people to demand a peaceful settlement at the polls.
(b) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(c) For breaking up a recruitment rally.
(d) For warning recruits they will go to hell.

4. Which two bills does Congress pass on March 3, 1863?
(a) The Writ Act and the Militia Act.
(b) The Enrollment Act and the Militia Act.
(c) The Habeas Corpus Act and the Enrollment Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation and General Order 100.

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

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 book of John A. Marshall's is well read among Lincoln's critics?

3. What book does Dennis A. Mahony write after his release?

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

5. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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