The Fate of Liberty Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mark E. Neely, Jr.
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Fate of Liberty Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mark E. Neely, Jr.
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of Americans is excluded from Grant's order in Chapter 4?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Women.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) Children.

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

3. Which judge challenges President Lincoln's right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
(a) Assistant Judge William M. Merrick.
(b) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(c) Attorney General Edward Bates.
(d) Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar .

4. Who intervenes on John Eitel's behalf?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) President Lincoln.
(c) Millard Fillmore.
(d) Charles A. Dana.

5. How are disloyal citizens tried in Chapter 2?
(a) In civil courts.
(b) In the field.
(c) In federal courts.
(d) In military commissions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Chauncey Burr arrested in Chapter 3?

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

3. Who are the Prisoners of State?

4. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested in Chapter 3?

5. To whom does President Lincoln have to explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Jews treated by the Union in Chapter 5?

2. How does General Grant respond to the guerrilla tactics of John Singleton Mosby?

3. What controversy arises between Peter H. Watson and a Union Senator in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus of rail routes from Philadelphia to Washington in April of 1861?

5. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?

6. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested?

7. Why does Lincoln admire Andrew Jackson?

8. How are military commissions used during the Civil War?

9. How is guerrilla warfare used in the Civil War?

10. How do Union officials react to reports of torture from prisoners of war?

(see the answer keys)

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