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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Dennis A. Mahony write after his release?
(a) The American Bastile.
(b) The Prisoner of State.
(c) Low Tide for Liberty.
(d) The Merryman.

2. To whom does President Lincoln have to explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) Congress.
(b) Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
(c) The American public.
(d) His cabinet.

3. Who is nicknamed the "Beast of New Orleans"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Benjamin F. Butler.
(c) Samuel E. Perkins.
(d) Joseph Griffin.

4. Who produces a digest of opinions on martial law for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) Edward Bates.
(b) William H. Seward.
(c) Titian J. Coffey.
(d) Edwin M. Stanton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles confide in his diary?

2. How does Lincoln justify the suppression of such constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and habeas corpus?

3. Who is Samuel E. Perkins?

4. How do Union Generals treat civilians who sell alcohol to their soldiers?

5. Why are judges still issuing writs of habeas corpus in Chapter 3?

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