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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. How does the Confederate Captain John Wilkinson slip through the blockade in 1864?
(a) By pretending to be from Boston.
(b) By hiding in inlets and traveling at night.
(c) By pretending to be a Union officer.
(d) By pretending to be British.

2. Why does Francis Lieber recommend trials by military commission in 1864?
(a) Civil Justices may have political bias.
(b) Judicial control is power.
(c) Expediency is essential during war.
(d) Every citizen is a potential spy.

3. In Chapter 6, which Anti-Lincoln historian is accused of exaggerating partisan abuse and political exploitation?
(a) Frank Klement.
(b) James McPherson.
(c) Dean Sprague.
(d) James G. Randall.

4. Which politician quotes Lord Coke by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed"?
(a) Clement Vallandingham.
(b) George B. McClellan.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Horatio Seymour.

5. Which country continues to import cotton from the South during the Civil War?
(a) France.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which military and political leader does James Bryce liken President Lincoln?

2. Which pioneer political scientist drafts War Department General Order No. 100, specifying that hostages be treated as POWs?

3. What does the War Department do when James Hamilton reveals the horrors he suffered as a hostage?

4. Why does President Lincoln pardon Wes Brogan?

5. According to President Lincoln, why would many civilian detainees have been in prison even with the right of habeas corpus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe President Lincoln's letter to Erastus Corning.

2. According to Lincoln, what differentiates his actions from that of a dictator?

3. How does Lincoln explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

4. According to the laws of war, what happens to neutral crewmen when a neutral ship is confiscated?

5. Why does Francis Lieber recommend trials by military commission in 1864?

6. Why does James Bryce liken President Lincoln to Oliver Cromwell?

7. What happens at Pohick Church in 1861?

8. Who is Wes Bogan?

9. What is the purpose of James G. Randall's book, "Constitutional Problems under Lincoln"?

10. Why does Andrew D. Duff predict that President Lincoln will not allow voting in November of 1864?

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