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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?
(a) For burning a bridge into St. Louis.
(b) For exercising freedom of expression.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For selling alcohol to Union troops.

2. Which Union general has President Lincoln's blessing to arrest all the men he wishes and freeing those who are willing to take an oath of allegiance?
(a) John A. Pope.
(b) William T. Sherman.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) John A. Dix.

3. In Chapter 5, why does the Union Army close down nine firms and arrest 97 employees and owners?
(a) For brokering Army enlistments.
(b) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(c) For running good through blockades.
(d) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.

4. Who sets John Eitel's bail in Chapter 5?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton.
(b) Charles A. Dana.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

5. Who is Joseph Holt?
(a) Judge Advocate General in 1862.
(b) Secretary of War from 1863-65.
(c) Secretary of State from 1881-1884.
(d) District Attorney of D.C. from 1863-65.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of state is Missouri described as being in Chapter 2?

2. What book does James G. Randall write that criticizes Lincoln's habeas corpus policy?

3. How does Ulysses S. Grant respond to General Paine's decision to arrest 100 citizens?

4. Who authored "Elements of International Law and Laws of War"?

5. Which fraudulent company's office does the War Department raid in 1864?

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