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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what do some of the men that Watson has arrested offer Charles Dana?
(a) A bribe to free them and return their files.
(b) A chance to learn the names of Confederate spies.
(c) The location of Confederate forces.
(d) Alcohol for Union troops.

2. In the Epilogue, which author condemns Sherman's march through Georgia?
(a) James G. Randall.
(b) Nathaniel W. Stephenson.
(c) William A. Dunning.
(d) Sydney George Fisher.

3. Dennis A. Mahony is editor of which newspaper in Chapter 3?
(a) The Newark "Evening Journal."
(b) The Dubuque "Herald."
(c) The "American Bastile."
(d) The "Merryman."

4. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?
(a) For raising forces for the Confederacy.
(b) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For shooting his slaves.

5. What decision does Lincoln make on April 27, 1861?
(a) He announces the Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) He suspends writ of habeas corpus on rail routes from Philadelphia to Washington.
(c) He makes plans to reunite America.
(d) He decides to send troops into the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book does Andrew D. Duff write warnings of the dangerous precedents being set by President Lincoln's actions?

2. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?

3. How many civilian arrests does William Seward preside over in Chapter 1?

4. Which judge challenges President Lincoln's right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

5. What book does David M. Dewitt write in 1895 about the trial of Mary Surratt?

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