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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. What do William Seward and George McClelland approve in Chapter 1?
(a) A collection of international civil liberty laws.
(b) A list of Maryland lawmakers who may be arrested.
(c) A list of Confederate supporters.
(d) An attack plan for Missouri.

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

3. Who is Joseph Aubuchon?
(a) A Missouri civilian tried for treason in a military commission.
(b) A Confederate soldier tried for treason in a military commission.
(c) The District Attorney for Missouri in 1862.
(d) A Union soldier tried for treason in a military commission.

4. Why does the War Department arrest telegraphers in four major cities in 1864?
(a) They are suspected Confederate sympathizers.
(b) They are telegraphing Union secrets across Confederate lines.
(c) They refuse to telegraph a false message from the White House.
(d) They fear the telegraph system has been compromised.

5. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) A list of Maryland lawmakers who may be arrested.
(b) A collection of international civil liberty laws.
(c) A Jacksonian defense.
(d) A list of Confederate supporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual qualities does Henry W. Halleck have in a leader?

2. Who are the Prisoners of State?

3. In Chapter 5, what do some of the men that Watson has arrested offer Charles Dana?

4. What decision does Lincoln make on April 27, 1861?

5. What are the most common reasons for civilian arrest between 1863 and 1864?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's General Order No. 104?

2. How is the press used by the Confederate supporters in 1864 to create panic in New York?

3. Describe Henry W. Halleck.

4. What is the purpose of the Enrollment Act?

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

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

7. How is the scorched earth policy used during the Civil War?

8. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?

9. Who is Ezra B. Chase?

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

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