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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Samuel E. Perkins?
(a) A Democratic journalist and Indiana Justice.
(b) The district attorney of Indiana..
(c) An Illinois journalist.
(d) A Illinois lawyer.

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

4. What does Samuel E. Perkins do in Chapter 4?
(a) Write an article about Joseph Griffin's case.
(b) Defend Joseph Griffin.
(c) Render a verdict on Joseph Griffin's case.
(d) Prosecute Joseph Griffin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Whom does Lincoln turn to for advice when Baltimore mobs burn railroad bridges?

4. To whom does President Lincoln have to explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

5. Which bill, passed in 1863, removes the cracks between military and civilian justice?

(see the answer key)

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