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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What orders does President Lincoln give General Benjamin F. Butler and General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in Chapter 1?
(a) Free those in chains, chain those who fight.
(b) Arrest any who resist.
(c) Attack on sight.
(d) Watch, wait and be ready to respond.

2. Whom does the Secretary of the Navy blame for the hoax published in the New York "World" and the "Journal of Commerce"?
(a) Hamilton Easter.
(b) Charles Dana.
(c) Frank A. Mallison.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

3. When does Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Missouri?
(a) After local commanders suspend civil liberties.
(b) After Confederate spies are found hiding in the capital courthouse.
(c) After mobs riot in the streets of Jefferson City.
(d) After a potential assassination plot is uncovered.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What unusual qualities does Henry W. Halleck have in a leader?

3. Which fraudulent company's office does the War Department raid in 1864?

4. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?

5. What does Peter H. Watson oversee in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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