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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What precedent is set in Joseph Griffin's case?
(a) Suspected sympathizers have no rights.
(b) The suspension of habeas corpus legalizes military arrest.
(c) The suspension of habeas corpus does not legalize wrongful arrest.
(d) Financial remuneration must be given to private citizens.

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

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

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

6. Who is Samuel E. Perkins?
(a) The district attorney of Indiana..
(b) An Illinois journalist.
(c) A Democratic journalist and Indiana Justice.
(d) A Illinois lawyer.

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

8. What does Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles confide in his diary?
(a) He fears the Confederacy might win.
(b) He is terrified of revolt from Northern facotry workers.
(c) He never feared revolt from Northern citizens.
(d) He is concerned about the impact of paid servants on the economy.

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

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

11. How do Union Generals treat civilians who sell alcohol to their soldiers?
(a) Confiscate all their liquor.
(b) Jail them for 30-60 days.
(c) Hang them.
(d) Place them in public stocks for 24 hours.

12. In 1864, what bogus presidential proclamation is published in the New York "World" and the "Journal of Commerce"?
(a) A report of a White House fire.
(b) The announcement of a new 400,000-man draft.
(c) A report of new taxes being levied by Lincoln.
(d) An announcement of a truce.

13. 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) Alcohol for Union troops.
(c) The location of Confederate forces.
(d) A bribe to free them and return their files.

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

15. What is the Militia Act designed to prevent?
(a) Dereliction of duty.
(b) Spies from crossing Union lines.
(c) Evasion of military duty.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, why does the Union Army close down nine firms and arrest 97 employees and owners?

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

3. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?

4. What order does Ulysses S. Grant give General Philip Sheridan in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 2, on what charge are civilians who burn bridges typically tried?

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