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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of state is Missouri described as being in Chapter 2?
(a) A neutral state.
(b) A rebellious state.
(c) A Confederate state.
(d) A loyal state.

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

3. Who are the Copperheads?
(a) Union spies working behind Confederate lines.
(b) Former Confederates who work for the Union.
(c) Northern Democrats who oppose the Civil War.
(d) Republicans who oppose the Civil War.

4. Who are the Prisoners of State?
(a) Felons captured behind enemy lines.
(b) Union military felons.
(c) Civilians arrested by the military.
(d) Uniformed Confederate captives.

5. Which book of John A. Marshall's is well read among Lincoln's critics?
(a) The American Bastile.
(b) The Prisoner of State.
(c) Low Tide for Liberty.
(d) The Merryman.

6. When does Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Missouri?
(a) After a potential assassination plot is uncovered.
(b) After local commanders suspend civil liberties.
(c) After Confederate spies are found hiding in the capital courthouse.
(d) After mobs riot in the streets of Jefferson City.

7. Which two bills does Congress pass on March 3, 1863?
(a) The Enrollment Act and the Militia Act.
(b) The Habeas Corpus Act and the Enrollment Act.
(c) The Writ Act and the Militia Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation and General Order 100.

8. How does Ulysses S. Grant respond to General Paine's decision to arrest 100 citizens?
(a) He applauds Paine's actions.
(b) He sends a report of Paine's actions to President Lincoln.
(c) He insists the citizens be given due process.
(d) He orders the immediate release of all non-military personnel.

9. Which bill, passed in 1863, removes the cracks between military and civilian justice?
(a) The Habeas Corpus Act.
(b) Bates Bill.
(c) Militia Act.
(d) Whiting Bill.

10. In Chapter 2, to what charge do civilians who burn bridges typically plead guilty?
(a) Violating the laws of war.
(b) Civil unrest.
(c) Inciting a riot.
(d) Bridge burning.

11. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?
(a) 237 civillians from Missouri are executed by Union soldiers.
(b) Military execution of civilian spies is abolished.
(c) 20,000 citizens are banished from the state of Missouri.
(d) 13,433 citizens of Missouri are arrested by Union forces.

12. What is the verdict in Joseph Griffin's case?
(a) Captain Wilcox does not have the right to arrest Mr. Griffin.
(b) Mr. Griffin is jailed for being a Confederate sympathizer.
(c) Mr. Griffin is awarded damages equaling the cost of his inventory.
(d) Captain Wilcox does have the right to arrest Mr. Griffin.

13. Which judge challenges President Lincoln's right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(b) Attorney General Edward Bates.
(c) Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar .
(d) Assistant Judge William M. Merrick.

14. To whom does President Lincoln have to explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) His cabinet.
(b) Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
(c) Congress.
(d) The American public.

15. Who intervenes on John Eitel's behalf?
(a) Charles A. Dana.
(b) President Lincoln.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) Millard Fillmore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sets John Eitel's bail in Chapter 5?

2. Who produces a digest of opinions on martial law for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?

4. Who is nicknamed the "Beast of New Orleans"?

5. Who intervenes on Abraham Friedenreich's behalf?

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