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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the military strategy which orders the complete destruction of enemy property or resources?
(a) Maneuver warfare.
(b) Attrition warfare.
(c) Napoleonic policy.
(d) A scorched earth policy.

2. Which judge challenges President Lincoln's right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(b) Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar .
(c) Attorney General Edward Bates.
(d) Assistant Judge William M. Merrick.

3. Which bill, passed in 1863, removes the cracks between military and civilian justice?
(a) Whiting Bill.
(b) Militia Act.
(c) Bates Bill.
(d) The Habeas Corpus Act.

4. In Chapter 2, on what charge are civilians who burn bridges typically tried?
(a) Violating the laws of war.
(b) Destruction of property.
(c) Inciting a riot.
(d) Civil unrest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which unpopular bill does Congress pass on July 17, 1862?

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

3. What orders does President Lincoln give General Benjamin F. Butler and General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in Chapter 1?

4. How are disloyal citizens tried in Chapter 2?

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

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