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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dennis A. Mahony is editor of which newspaper in Chapter 3?
(a) The "American Bastile."
(b) The Newark "Evening Journal."
(c) The Dubuque "Herald."
(d) The "Merryman."

2. In Chapter 5, what does Pardon Worsley convince clerks from several prominent businesses that he has the permits and power to do?
(a) Sell alcohol to Union troops.
(b) Suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
(c) Trade through enemy lines.
(d) Locate Confederate spies.

3. How does Dennis A. Mahony secure his release?
(a) He writes and publishes articles about prision life.
(b) He bribes the warden.
(c) He swears an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(d) His lawyer threatens to take the Union general to court.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of Americans is excluded from Grant's order in Chapter 4?

2. What precedent is set in Joseph Griffin's case?

3. Who is nicknamed the "Beast of New Orleans"?

4. What decision does General John C. Frymont make about Joseph Aubuchon?

5. When is Abraham Lincoln inaugurated?

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