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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is nicknamed the "Beast of New Orleans"?
(a) Benjamin F. Butler.
(b) Joseph Griffin.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Samuel E. Perkins.

5. What order does Ulysses S. Grant give General Philip Sheridan in Chapter 4?
(a) Conscript all men under 30, regardless of race.
(b) Burn all factories, but leave farms and gardens intact.
(c) Conscript all men under 50 and destroy their means of subsistence.
(d) Take only what is needed from the farms and villages.

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

7. Who produces a digest of opinions on martial law for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton.
(b) Titian J. Coffey.
(c) Edward Bates.
(d) William H. Seward.

8. What nickname is given to President Lincoln?
(a) The Writ Rewriter.
(b) The Beast of New Orleans.
(c) Old Black Soot.
(d) Honest Abe.

9. What do William Seward and George McClelland approve in Chapter 1?
(a) A collection of international civil liberty laws.
(b) An attack plan for Missouri.
(c) A list of Confederate supporters.
(d) A list of Maryland lawmakers who may be arrested.

10. Why does William Seward feel it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) To preserve the organization and morale of national forces.
(b) To undermine any potential assassination plots.
(c) To silence political dissenters.
(d) In order to allow the arrest of Confederate spies.

11. What are the most common reasons for civilian arrest between 1863 and 1864?
(a) Evading the draft.
(b) Blockade running and smuggling.
(c) Publishing anti-Union articles.
(d) Stealing food and supplies from the Union forces.

12. What type of warfare does John Singleton Mosby employ?
(a) Maneuver warfare.
(b) Attrition warfare.
(c) Guerrilla tactics.
(d) Jacksonian warfare.

13. Who is Edmund J. Ellis?
(a) A Missouri civilian tried for treason in a military commission.
(b) A Missouri civil officer of the law.
(c) A Union soldier tried for treason in a military commission.
(d) Editor of the "Boone County Standard."

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

15. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(b) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(c) For breaking up a recruitment rally.
(d) For advising people to demand a peaceful settlement at the polls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What unusual qualities does Henry W. Halleck have in a leader?

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

4. How does Dennis A. Mahony secure his release?

5. Which unpopular bill does Congress pass on July 17, 1862?

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