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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. Dennis A. Mahony is editor of which newspaper in Chapter 3?
(a) The "Merryman."
(b) The "American Bastile."
(c) The Dubuque "Herald."
(d) The Newark "Evening Journal."

2. Which famous case will refer to Samuel Perkins' arguments in 1966?
(a) Griffin.
(b) Perkins.
(c) Writ.
(d) Milligan.

3. In Chapter 5, what does Pardon Worsley convince clerks from several prominent businesses that he has the permits and power to do?
(a) Sell alcohol to Union troops.
(b) Suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
(c) Trade through enemy lines.
(d) Locate Confederate spies.

4. What type of warfare does John Singleton Mosby employ?
(a) Jacksonian warfare.
(b) Maneuver warfare.
(c) Attrition warfare.
(d) Guerrilla tactics.

5. Who produces a digest of opinions on martial law for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) Titian J. Coffey.
(b) Edward Bates.
(c) Edwin M. Stanton.
(d) William H. Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who intervenes on Abraham Friedenreich's behalf?

2. What does Peter H. Watson oversee in Chapter 5?

3. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?

4. What type of state is Missouri described as being in Chapter 2?

5. What war time legal practice is revived due to the rise of guerilla warfare in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the War Department combat corruption during the Civil War?

2. What controversy does General Paine create when he arrests 100 citizens?

3. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does General John C. Frymont close the St. Louis "State Journal" and declare martial law?

9. How does Lincoln's decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus divide politicians in 1861?

10. Describe Abraham Lincoln.

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