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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which politician quotes Lord Coke by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed"?
(a) Clement Vallandingham.
(b) George B. McClellan.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Horatio Seymour.

2. Why are no military trials conducted in Delaware during the Civil War?
(a) There is no guerrilla warfare or occupation in Delaware.
(b) Delaware is Lincoln's home state.
(c) The state charter expressly forbids martial law.
(d) Deleware is a neutral state.

3. Which country continues to import cotton from the South during the Civil War?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

4. How long are military courts allowed to try civilians?
(a) During and after the Civil War.
(b) Before, during and after the Civil War.
(c) Before and during the Civil War.
(d) Only during the Civil War.

5. What does the War Department do when James Hamilton reveals the horrors he suffered as a hostage?
(a) Burn the bordering farms and villages.
(b) Induce similar conditions at the Fort Delaware prison.
(c) Attack the Confederate prison and release the Union POWs.
(d) Offer him remuneration.

6. Which state has the most military trials?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Missouri.

7. Why does President Lincoln pardon Wes Brogan?
(a) He wants to use Mr. Brogan as a Union spy.
(b) Because he does not believe in slavery.
(c) Because he does not want to damage the economy.
(d) He believes Mr. Brogan acted in self-defense.

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

9. Who is Joseph G. Knapp?
(a) The New Mexico Associate Justice during the Civil War.
(b) The New Mexico Attorney General during the Civil War.
(c) The Attorney General from 1883-1886.
(d) The Secretary of War from 1884-1886.

10. In the "White Flag Affair," how does Union General Christopher C. Augur convince three Confederates to release his captured Union soldiers?
(a) By holding their eldest sons hostage.
(b) By holding their wives hostage.
(c) By holding their fathers hostage.
(d) By threatening to burn their farms.

11. What war makes Lincoln aware of the importance of constitutional issues?
(a) The Mexican-American War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) The French-Indian War.

12. Which former President is almost arrested for being a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Franklin Pierce.

13. In Chapter 6, which Pro-Lincoln historian is accused of generalizing the prisoners' danger?
(a) Joel H. Silbey.
(b) James G. Randall.
(c) Frank Klement.
(d) James McPherson.

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

15. What is an "arbitrary arrest"?
(a) An arrest that is made without due cause.
(b) An arrest of a suspected military spy.
(c) A government mandated arrest.
(d) An arrest made on political grounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dred Scott?

2. Which Democratic supporter gives a speech during the 1864 campaigns claiming that emancipation will make postwar reunion difficult?

3. How does Maryland protest the military arrest of citizens?

4. Which pioneer political scientist drafts War Department General Order No. 100, specifying that hostages be treated as POWs?

5. Why does the author have difficulty confirming civilian arrest records?

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