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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) Pilgrims.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

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

3. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?
(a) The Attorney General.
(b) Lincoln's Secretary of War.
(c) A Brigadier General of the Union Army.
(d) Lincoln's Secretary of State.

4. What nickname is given to President Lincoln?
(a) The Writ Rewriter.
(b) Old Black Soot.
(c) Honest Abe.
(d) The Beast of New Orleans.

5. Who are the Copperheads?
(a) Republicans who oppose the Civil War.
(b) Former Confederates who work for the Union.
(c) Northern Democrats who oppose the Civil War.
(d) Union spies working behind Confederate lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What precedent is set in Joseph Griffin's case?

2. What concerns do Union commanders have about Confederate deserters?

3. Why does Joseph Griffin sue Captain Frank Wilcox for false imprisonment?

4. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?

5. Which fraudulent company's office does the War Department raid in 1864?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Militia Act of 1862.

3. What is the purpose of John A. Marshall's book, "The American Bastile"?

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

5. Describe Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

8. Who is Ezra B. Chase?

9. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested?

10. Why does Lincoln admire Andrew Jackson?

(see the answer keys)

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