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

2. As a congressman in 1848, why doesn't Lincoln want to wait for a constitutional amendment?
(a) He prefers the use of presidential "express authority."
(b) He believes the amendment will be too weak.
(c) He believes Confederate spies are working within Congress.
(d) He fears Congress will not act in the best interests of the country.

3. How do the Confederates plan on reacting to Grant's order in Chapter 4?
(a) Hide in the woods and snipe Union soldiers as they pass.
(b) Burn all the farms and villages north of the border.
(c) Conscript Union citizens as Confederate soldiers.
(d) Arrest Union citizens to use in hostage exchanges.

4. How do Union Generals treat civilians who sell alcohol to their soldiers?
(a) Jail them for 30-60 days.
(b) Confiscate all their liquor.
(c) Place them in public stocks for 24 hours.
(d) Hang them.

5. How does the Confederate Captain John Wilkinson slip through the blockade in 1864?
(a) By pretending to be a Union officer.
(b) By pretending to be British.
(c) By pretending to be from Boston.
(d) By hiding in inlets and traveling at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Secretary of the Navy blame for the hoax published in the New York "World" and the "Journal of Commerce"?

2. Why do mobs burn railroad bridges in Chapter 1?

3. Why do the consequences of the Emancipation Proclamation concern Lincoln more than the reactions to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus?

4. How long are military courts allowed to try civilians?

5. Which book of John A. Marshall's is well read among Lincoln's critics?

(see the answer key)

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