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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to William Seward, which law is higher than the Constitution?
(a) Divine law.
(b) Federal law.
(c) Mosaic law.
(d) International law.

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

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

4. Why do mobs burn railroad bridges in Chapter 1?
(a) To protest an increase on cotton tax.
(b) To prevent goods from being sent South.
(c) To prevent troops from passing through to Washington, DC.
(d) To prevent goods from being sent North.

5. Who are the Prisoners of State?
(a) Uniformed Confederate captives.
(b) Felons captured behind enemy lines.
(c) Civilians arrested by the military.
(d) Union military felons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Lincoln make on April 27, 1861?

2. What concerns do Union commanders have about Confederate deserters?

3. How are disloyal citizens tried in Chapter 2?

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

5. Why is Chauncey Burr arrested in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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