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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter H. Watson oversee in Chapter 5?
(a) The transfer of civilian prisoners.
(b) The investigation of John Eitel's illegal operations.
(c) The movement of Union troops through St. Louis.
(d) The transfer of Confederate prisioners.

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

3. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?
(a) For burning a bridge into St. Louis.
(b) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(c) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(d) For exercising freedom of expression.

4. With what political party does President Lincoln associate the longest?
(a) Tory.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Whig.

5. Whom does General Grant expel from Tennessee for violating Treasury regulations?
(a) All Jews.
(b) Joseph Law.
(c) Edward Bates.
(d) Confederate bankers.

6. What decision does General John C. Frymont make about Joseph Aubuchon?
(a) He overturns Aubuchon's conviction.
(b) He upholds Aubuchon's conviction.
(c) He arrests Aubuchon for interfering in military trials.
(d) He orders Aubuchon's execution.

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

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

9. What book does Dennis A. Mahony write after his release?
(a) Low Tide for Liberty.
(b) The Prisoner of State.
(c) The American Bastile.
(d) The Merryman.

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

11. Dennis A. Mahony is editor of which newspaper in Chapter 3?
(a) The Dubuque "Herald."
(b) The "Merryman."
(c) The Newark "Evening Journal."
(d) The "American Bastile."

12. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?
(a) A Brigadier General of the Union Army.
(b) The Attorney General.
(c) Lincoln's Secretary of War.
(d) Lincoln's Secretary of State.

13. What war time legal practice is revived due to the rise of guerilla warfare in America?
(a) Execution squads.
(b) Seizure of property.
(c) Hangings.
(d) Military commissions.

14. What concerns do Union commanders have about Confederate deserters?
(a) They are setting a bad example for Union soldiers.
(b) They might spread disease.
(c) They may damage the morale of Union soldiers.
(d) They might be spies.

15. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(b) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(c) For raising forces for the Confederacy.
(d) For warning recruits they will go to hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?

2. Why does General William S. Harney refuse to release Captain Emmett McDonald?

3. In 1864, what bogus presidential proclamation is published in the New York "World" and the "Journal of Commerce"?

4. Why does the War Department arrest telegraphers in four major cities in 1864?

5. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?

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