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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does President Lincoln pardon Wes Brogan?
(a) Because he does not want to damage the economy.
(b) He wants to use Mr. Brogan as a Union spy.
(c) Because he does not believe in slavery.
(d) He believes Mr. Brogan acted in self-defense.

2. Which former President is almost arrested for being a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War?
(a) Millard Fillmore.
(b) James Buchanan.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Franklin Pierce.

3. Why are no military trials conducted in Delaware during the Civil War?
(a) There is no guerrilla warfare or occupation in Delaware.
(b) Delaware is Lincoln's home state.
(c) Deleware is a neutral state.
(d) The state charter expressly forbids martial law.

4. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?
(a) To break up a ring of Confederate spies.
(b) To prevent unrest and preserve the Union.
(c) To undermine an assassination plot.
(d) To silence political dissenters.

5. What form of torture is commonly accepted among the administration during the Civil War?
(a) Public stocks.
(b) Public lashing.
(c) Water torture.
(d) Starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lincoln justify the suppression of such constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and habeas corpus?

2. Why does Francis Lieber recommend trials by military commission in 1864?

3. What do William Seward and George McClelland approve in Chapter 1?

4. Which famous church is raided and looted by Union troops in 1861?

5. Which legitimate sailors are sometimes mistaken for blockade-runners?

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