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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 General Grant propose to exchange civilian hostages?
(a) In a designated neutral town.
(b) By social class.
(c) By age.
(d) By gender, then age.

2. Which Union general has President Lincoln's blessing to arrest all the men he wishes and freeing those who are willing to take an oath of allegiance?
(a) William T. Sherman.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) John A. Pope.
(d) John A. Dix.

3. Why does Skipper F. N. Bonneau identify himself as a commissioned Confederate lieutenant?
(a) To gain immunity as a POW.
(b) To ensure safe passage through the blockade.
(c) To spare his men.
(d) To be deported back to the South.

4. In the "White Flag Affair," how does Union General Christopher C. Augur convince three Confederates to release his captured Union soldiers?
(a) By holding their fathers hostage.
(b) By holding their eldest sons hostage.
(c) By holding their wives hostage.
(d) By threatening to burn their farms.

5. In 1862, which governor arrests 70 "vile secessionists" and essentially keeps these civilians as hostages?
(a) Joel H. Silbey.
(b) James McPherson.
(c) Francis Lieber.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the Wilmot Proviso possibly ban?

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

3. Who is the presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 1864?

4. What book does James G. Randall write that criticizes Lincoln's habeas corpus policy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Mexican-American War influence Lincoln's perception of Constitutional issues?

2. Why are there several discrepancies among the reported number of civilians arrested during the Civil War?

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

4. Who is Wes Bogan?

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

6. Why is the Banshee declared an agent of the Confederacy?

7. How does the USS Niphon capture the Ella and Annie?

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

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

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

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