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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which 20th century historian depicts Lincoln as a merciful humanitarian caught in between preserving the Union and violating civil rights?
(a) Dean Sprague.
(b) Frank Klement.
(c) James G. Randall.
(d) James McPherson.

2. Why does Lincoln feel the need to censure John Fremont?
(a) Fremont is a Confederate supporter.
(b) Fremont is a Confederate spy.
(c) Fremont's actions are political and outside his realm of power.
(d) Lincoln believes Fremont is part of an assassination plot.

3. In Chapter 7, which great blockade running port is the last to fall?
(a) Charleston, SC.
(b) Wilmington, NC.
(c) North Port, FL.
(d) Savannah, GA.

4. According to "American Bastile", how many civilians are illegally detained during the Civil War?
(a) 13,535.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 942.
(d) 5,000-10,000.

5. According to the laws of war, what happens to neutral crewmen when a neutral ship is confiscated?
(a) They are arrested and considered prisioners of war.
(b) They are deported on the next available ship.
(c) They may serve as legal witnesses, but are not POWs.
(d) They are allowed to pass with a military escort.

6. What does the War Department and General E. R. S. Camby declare the Banshee?
(a) A foreign agent.
(b) An agent of the Confederacy.
(c) Property of the Union.
(d) Property of the Confederacy.

7. How does General Grant propose to exchange civilian hostages?
(a) By social class.
(b) In a designated neutral town.
(c) By gender, then age.
(d) By age.

8. Why does President Lincoln write a letter to Erastus Corning?
(a) To warn his group of the dangers evident in freedom of speech.
(b) To justify the slow progress of the war.
(c) To defend his position on civil liberties during war.
(d) To thank him for his support.

9. Which ship captures the Banshee in 1863?
(a) The CSS Alabama.
(b) The CSS Merrimac.
(c) The USS Fulton.
(d) The USS Monitor.

10. Which legitimate sailors are sometimes mistaken for blockade-runners?
(a) Canadian sailors.
(b) Crab fishers.
(c) Licensed oystermen.
(d) Union naval sailors.

11. Who is John Quincy Adams's political nemesis?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) George B. McClellan.
(c) Sidney Cromwell.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

12. In Chapter 9, what does Andrew D. Duff predict President Lincoln will not allow in November of 1864?
(a) Voting.
(b) Travel.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Public assemblies.

13. Which Democratic supporter gives a speech during the 1864 campaigns claiming that emancipation will make postwar reunion difficult?
(a) Clement Vallandingham.
(b) George B. McClellan.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Horatio Seymour.

14. In Chapter 8, which person in America has the final say on all verdicts during the Civil War, particularly death sentences?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton.
(b) William H. Seward.
(c) Edward Bates.
(d) President Lincoln.

15. What complaint does Joseph G. Knapp send to Edward Bates in Chapter 8?
(a) The New Mexico military is misusing the habeas corpus order.
(b) The New Mexico military is misusing the Militia Act.
(c) The Union army is taking advantage of the Martial Law Act.
(d) The Union army is taking advantage of the Writ Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lincoln, what act did President Jefferson commit without having the constitutional power to do so?

2. In 1862, which governor arrests 70 "vile secessionists" and essentially keeps these civilians as hostages?

3. Who is the presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 1864?

4. Who runs against Lincoln in the 1864 election?

5. Which politician quotes Lord Coke by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed"?

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