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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mary Surratt?
(a) The sister of Robert E. Lee.
(b) One of the first female newspaper reporters in America.
(c) A woman accused of conspiring to assassinate President Lincoln.
(d) A Southern housewife.

2. Which federal law passed in 1917 appears to be based on precedents set during Lincoln's administration?
(a) The Chinese Exclusion Act.
(b) The Writ Act.
(c) The Espionage Act.
(d) The Militia Act.

3. What does the Corning letter explain?
(a) Why loyal actions are more important than loyalty oaths.
(b) Why dissent is unsafe and silence can be a crime during war.
(c) That war is more of a chess match than a race.
(d) How freedom of speech can lead to treason.

4. What orders does President Lincoln give General Benjamin F. Butler and General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in Chapter 1?
(a) Arrest any who resist.
(b) Free those in chains, chain those who fight.
(c) Watch, wait and be ready to respond.
(d) Attack on sight.

5. In Chapter 6, what are the primary reasons for most arrests of Northern citizens?
(a) Contraband trading, desertion, and draft dodging.
(b) Freedom of speech and civil liberty issues.
(c) Theft and looting.
(d) White collar crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wes Bogan?

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

3. Who is Samuel E. Perkins?

4. Which General orders all blockade runners released in 1864?

5. According to the New York Tribune, what percentage of military arrests are unjustified?

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