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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Which former U.S. President does Lincoln admire?
(a) Millard Fillmore.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

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

4. Who are the Copperheads?
(a) Republicans who oppose the Civil War.
(b) Former Confederates who work for the Union.
(c) Union spies working behind Confederate lines.
(d) Northern Democrats who oppose the Civil War.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does General Grant expel from Tennessee for violating Treasury regulations?

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

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

4. In Chapter 5, why does the Union Army close down nine firms and arrest 97 employees and owners?

5. What happens to Assistant Judge William M. Merrick in Chapter 1?

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