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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could the Wilmot Proviso possibly ban?
(a) Habeas Corpus.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Marshal Law.

2. Who is Dred Scott?
(a) A grocer arrested for bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(b) A Confederate spy.
(c) A slave who sues for his freedom.
(d) A wealthy businessman arrested for blockade running.

3. Who is the presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 1864?
(a) John V. L. Pruyn.
(b) George B. McClellan.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Sidney Cromwell.

4. What does the "Fishing Creek Confederacy" protest?
(a) The Militia Act.
(b) Blockades.
(c) Wartime draft.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

5. In 1862, which governor arrests 70 "vile secessionists" and essentially keeps these civilians as hostages?
(a) Joel H. Silbey.
(b) James McPherson.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) Francis Lieber.

6. What book does James G. Randall write that criticizes Lincoln's habeas corpus policy?
(a) Arming the Suckers 1861-1865.
(b) A Savage Conflict.
(c) Constitutional Problems under Lincoln.
(d) Mr. Lincoln's Forts.

7. Who opposes refunding Jackson's fine and publishes a pamphlet about martial law threatening slavery?
(a) Professor Joel Parker.
(b) Judge S. S. Nicholas.
(c) Horace Binney.
(d) Franklin Pierce.

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

9. Why does the author have difficulty confirming civilian arrest records?
(a) The National Archive will not release military arrest records.
(b) Some records are missing, damaged or mixed with POW data.
(c) Many civillian arrest records were destroyed after the war.
(d) Many records are still sealed.

10. 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 allowed to pass with a military escort.
(c) They are deported on the next available ship.
(d) They may serve as legal witnesses, but are not POWs.

11. What sentence does Joseph Holt request for Wes Brogan?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Deportation.
(d) Hard labor.

12. Which famous church is raided and looted by Union troops in 1861?
(a) Ambrose Chapel Church.
(b) St. Croix.
(c) Pohick church.
(d) New Hope Church.

13. According to Lincoln, what differentiates his actions from that of a dictator?
(a) Dictators do not have the country's best interests at heart.
(b) He is accountable to Congress and the American people.
(c) His actions are valid under the rules of martial law during war.
(d) He was elected and can be impeached.

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

15. According to Lincoln, what act did President Jefferson commit without having the constitutional power to do so?
(a) War with Mexico.
(b) The Militia Act.
(c) War with the French.
(d) The Louisiana Purchase.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who renders the final verdict in Ex parte Milligan?

3. In Chapter 8, which person in America has the final say on all verdicts during the Civil War, particularly death sentences?

4. How long are military courts allowed to try civilians?

5. In reviewing the "U.S. Army Court Martial Cases" of 1863-65, why does Lincoln sometimes disagree with Holt?

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