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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 5, what do some of the men that Watson has arrested offer Charles Dana?
(a) A chance to learn the names of Confederate spies.
(b) The location of Confederate forces.
(c) A bribe to free them and return their files.
(d) Alcohol for Union troops.

6. What happens to Assistant Judge William M. Merrick in Chapter 1?
(a) He is arrested and jailed for the duration of the war.
(b) He is executed for treason.
(c) He is shot while giving a public speech.
(d) He is put under surveillance and loses his salary.

7. Which unpopular bill does Congress pass on July 17, 1862?
(a) The Militia Act.
(b) The Habeas Corpus Act.
(c) The Writ Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

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

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

10. How does Dennis A. Mahony secure his release?
(a) He swears an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(b) He writes and publishes articles about prision life.
(c) His lawyer threatens to take the Union general to court.
(d) He bribes the warden.

11. What is the name of the military strategy which orders the complete destruction of enemy property or resources?
(a) Maneuver warfare.
(b) Attrition warfare.
(c) Napoleonic policy.
(d) A scorched earth policy.

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

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

14. What does General John C. Frymont do in Chapter 2?
(a) Arrest 143 rioters in the city of St. Louis.
(b) Close the New Orleans "State Journal" and declare martial law.
(c) Close the St. Louis "State Journal" and declare martial law.
(d) Shoot citizens in a St. Louis mob.

15. What form of torture is commonly accepted among the administration during the Civil War?
(a) Public stocks.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Public lashing.
(d) Water torture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Henry W. Halleck?

3. In Chapter 2, to what charge do civilians who burn bridges typically plead guilty?

4. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?

5. What is the Militia Act designed to prevent?

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