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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does William Seward feel it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) To undermine any potential assassination plots.
(b) To preserve the organization and morale of national forces.
(c) In order to allow the arrest of Confederate spies.
(d) To silence political dissenters.

2. Which newspaper does Chauncey Burr publish in Chapter 3?
(a) The "American Bastile."
(b) The Dubuque "Herald."
(c) The "Merryman."
(d) The Newark "Evening Journal."

3. How does Lincoln justify the suppression of such constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and habeas corpus?
(a) Rebels are using these rights to aid their rebellion.
(b) Such rights are earned, not given.
(c) Spies could damage the commerce of the Union.
(d) The country must temporarily give up freedom for safety.

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

5. What does General Order No. 104 request that civilian and military authorities do?
(a) Interfere as little as possible with commerce while capturing draft dodgers.
(b) Place all thieves and blockade runners under arrest.
(c) Report all strangers and suspected derelicts to the Union Army.
(d) Turn in all information about spies and suspicious personnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Chauncey Burr arrested in Chapter 3?

2. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?

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

4. Whom does Lincoln turn to for advice when Baltimore mobs burn railroad bridges?

5. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?

(see the answer key)

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