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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are modern historians unable to replicate or confirm Colonel F. C. Ainsworth's study?
(a) His bureau has been abolished and surviving records are incomplete.
(b) The National Archives will not release the records.
(c) The great fire of 1906 destroyed most of the records.
(d) His notes and journals have been lost.

2. Who is nicknamed the "Beast of New Orleans"?
(a) Benjamin F. Butler.
(b) Samuel E. Perkins.
(c) Joseph Griffin.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. Who intervenes on Abraham Friedenreich's behalf?
(a) Charles Dana.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) President Lincoln.

4. In Chapter 8, which person in America has the final say on all verdicts during the Civil War, particularly death sentences?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton.
(b) President Lincoln.
(c) Edward Bates.
(d) William H. Seward.

5. Which pioneer political scientist drafts War Department General Order No. 100, specifying that hostages be treated as POWs?
(a) Joel H. Silbey.
(b) Francis Lieber.
(c) James McPherson.
(d) Henry W. Halleck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does General Order No. 104 request that civilian and military authorities do?

2. Why does the War Department arrest telegraphers in four major cities in 1864?

3. How does General Grant propose to exchange civilian hostages?

4. In 1864, what bogus presidential proclamation is published in the New York "World" and the "Journal of Commerce"?

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

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