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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) A list of Maryland lawmakers who may be arrested.
(b) A Jacksonian defense.
(c) A list of Confederate supporters.
(d) A collection of international civil liberty laws.

2. In Chapter 5, what do some of the men that Watson has arrested offer Charles Dana?
(a) Alcohol for Union troops.
(b) A bribe to free them and return their files.
(c) The location of Confederate forces.
(d) A chance to learn the names of Confederate spies.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Joseph Aubuchon?

3. With what political party does President Lincoln associate the longest?

4. Which two bills does Congress pass on March 3, 1863?

5. What type of warfare does John Singleton Mosby employ?

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