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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the War Department do when James Hamilton reveals the horrors he suffered as a hostage?
(a) Offer him remuneration.
(b) Burn the bordering farms and villages.
(c) Attack the Confederate prison and release the Union POWs.
(d) Induce similar conditions at the Fort Delaware prison.

3. After what battle do arrests of Southern citizens begin to decline?
(a) Vicksburg.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Chickamauga.
(d) Antietam.

4. What nickname is given to President Lincoln?
(a) The Beast of New Orleans.
(b) Honest Abe.
(c) Old Black Soot.
(d) The Writ Rewriter.

5. Which newspaper does Chauncey Burr publish in Chapter 3?
(a) The "American Bastile."
(b) The Newark "Evening Journal."
(c) The "Merryman."
(d) The Dubuque "Herald."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The American Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1865," how many citizens are denied habeas corpus?

2. Who is Joseph Holt?

3. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?

4. What is the verdict in Joseph Griffin's case?

5. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?

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