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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Prisoners of State?
(a) Civilians arrested by the military.
(b) Union military felons.
(c) Uniformed Confederate captives.
(d) Felons captured behind enemy lines.

2. Who is the presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 1864?
(a) John V. L. Pruyn.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) George B. McClellan.
(d) Sidney Cromwell.

3. Which 20th century historian depicts Lincoln as a merciful humanitarian caught in between preserving the Union and violating civil rights?
(a) Dean Sprague.
(b) Frank Klement.
(c) James McPherson.
(d) James G. Randall.

4. Which former President is nearly arrested in Chapter 1?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) Franklin Pierce.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Andrew D. Duff predict President Lincoln will not allow in November of 1864?
(a) Voting.
(b) Travel.
(c) Public assemblies.
(d) Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the laws of war, what happens to neutral crewmen when a neutral ship is confiscated?

2. Which politician quotes Lord Coke by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed"?

3. What is the significance of Ex parte Milligan?

4. Which country continues to import cotton from the South during the Civil War?

5. How do Union Generals treat civilians who sell alcohol to their soldiers?

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