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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which unpopular bill does Congress pass on July 17, 1862?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) The Habeas Corpus Act.
(c) The Writ Act.
(d) The Militia Act.

2. Who is Edmund J. Ellis?
(a) A Union soldier tried for treason in a military commission.
(b) A Missouri civil officer of the law.
(c) A Missouri civilian tried for treason in a military commission.
(d) Editor of the "Boone County Standard."

3. How does Dennis A. Mahony secure his release?
(a) He writes and publishes articles about prision life.
(b) He swears an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(c) He bribes the warden.
(d) His lawyer threatens to take the Union general to court.

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

5. Who are the Copperheads?
(a) Former Confederates who work for the Union.
(b) Union spies working behind Confederate lines.
(c) Northern Democrats who oppose the Civil War.
(d) Republicans who oppose the Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested in Chapter 3?

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

3. Who is Henry W. Halleck?

4. How many civilian arrests does William Seward preside over in Chapter 1?

5. When is Abraham Lincoln inaugurated?

(see the answer key)

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