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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. What is an "arbitrary arrest"?
(a) A government mandated arrest.
(b) An arrest that is made without due cause.
(c) An arrest made on political grounds.
(d) An arrest of a suspected military spy.

2. In Chapter 8, why is an elderly man charged with violating his oath of allegiance to the Union?
(a) For traveling to his son's funeral in Kentucky.
(b) For whistling "Dixie" in public.
(c) For writing to his son in the Confederate Army.
(d) For attending his daughter's wedding in Missouri.

3. Which famous politician addresses the mistreatment of unpopular minorities in the Lyceum Address?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) George B. McClellan.

4. According to John Quincy Adams, what gives Congress the power to abolish slavery?
(a) Its war powers.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) Its legal powers.
(d) Divine law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does President Lincoln pardon Wes Brogan?

2. According to Lincoln, what act did President Jefferson commit without having the constitutional power to do so?

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

4. Which legitimate sailors are sometimes mistaken for blockade-runners?

5. Which famous church is raided and looted by Union troops in 1861?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Wes Bogan?

3. How does the Confederate Captain John Wilkinson slip through the blockades multiple times during the Civil War?

4. Why does Joseph G. Knapp complain to Edward Bates?

5. Why is the Union careful to not offend Great Britain?

6. Describe the Dred Scott decision.

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

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

9. What concerns do Union officials have about rebel defectors who claim to be seeking asylum in the Union?

10. How does Dean Sprague depict Lincoln's character?

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