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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. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?
(a) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(b) For raising forces for the Confederacy.
(c) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(d) For shooting his slaves.

2. Why do mobs burn railroad bridges in Chapter 1?
(a) To protest an increase on cotton tax.
(b) To prevent goods from being sent North.
(c) To prevent goods from being sent South.
(d) To prevent troops from passing through to Washington, DC.

3. What does Peter H. Watson oversee in Chapter 5?
(a) The investigation of John Eitel's illegal operations.
(b) The transfer of civilian prisoners.
(c) The transfer of Confederate prisioners.
(d) The movement of Union troops through St. Louis.

4. How does Lincoln justify the suppression of such constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and habeas corpus?
(a) The country must temporarily give up freedom for safety.
(b) Such rights are earned, not given.
(c) Rebels are using these rights to aid their rebellion.
(d) Spies could damage the commerce of the Union.

5. Which unpopular bill does Congress pass on July 17, 1862?
(a) The Militia Act.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Writ Act.
(d) The Habeas Corpus Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the War Department arrest telegraphers in four major cities in 1864?

2. Which famous case will refer to Samuel Perkins' arguments in 1966?

3. Whom does General Grant expel from Tennessee for violating Treasury regulations?

4. Who sets John Eitel's bail in Chapter 5?

5. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested?

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

3. Why does the War Department seize John N. Eitel in 1865?

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

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

6. Why does Lincoln admire Andrew Jackson?

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

8. Describe the Militia Act of 1862.

9. Describe Henry W. Halleck.

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

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